[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 106 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1649]
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                       IN HONOR OF JANIE STRIDER

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                           HON. RONNIE SHOWS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 1999

  Mr. SHOWS. Mr. Speaker, this morning, I would like to take a minute 
to tell my fellow colleagues and the American People about Janie 
Strider. Ms. Strider recently passed away and it is important that we 
pause to remember this remarkable Mississippian and American.
  Ms. Janie Strider is from that Great Generation of Americans who 
carried this country through the Great Depression and World War II. She 
raised a family and contributed to our nation following World War II. 
Everyone around her knew of the love she had for her God, her family 
and her nation.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Strider was in her 90s. Just imagine all the changes 
she experienced over her lifetime. Just think about the advances in 
transportation and communications she saw. When she was born things 
like e-mail, faxes and cable television were mere science fiction.
  She was an All-American Southern lady who loved baseball and the 
democratic Party. Ms. Janie Strider's legacy will endure for 
generations in the children and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren 
she instilled with the ideas of democracy and Christian-based values 
that she spent her life believing in.
  Mr. Speaker, Mississippi and our nation are better off because of the 
life of Janie Strider. I salute her and the great family she gave to 
all of us.

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