[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 1 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2]
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           TRIBUTE TO DR. FRANCES P. MOSS OF DECATUR, ALABAMA

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 24, 2000

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the outstanding 
contributions of Dr. Frances P. Moss to the music community throughout 
the state of Alabama. It is a privilege for me to be able to pay 
tribute to Dr. Moss on the occasion of her retirement from Calhoun 
Community College.
  Dr. Moss has dedicated thirty-four years of outstanding services to 
Calhoun Community College's music program. Her greatest asset to the 
College is her ability to reach out to students and instill them with 
confidence, skill and knowledge. Her teaching comes from the heart and 
her love of music is infectious.
  She has devoted herself to her students, directing the 
internationally known Chorale and Madrigal Singers. Her legacy to the 
state is a composition she arranged, ``Alabama Has it All''. She 
modernized the music curriculum at Calhoun developing ``college by 
cassette'', correspondence and intra-term courses.
  Dr. Moss is a native of Oxford, Alabama, and she attended 
Jacksonville State University before receiving her masters and 
doctorate degree from the University of Alabama and Florida State 
University. She is a member and active leader of many professional and 
civic organizations including the Alabama Vocal Association, Alabama 
Music Educators Association and the Decatur Music Club. She serves as 
the Minister of Music and Discipleship for her church, Austinville 
United Methodist Church, a role she has lovingly performed for the past 
ten years.
  I want to offer my best wishes and congratulations to Dr. Moss and 
those who love her in this well-deserved rest. On behalf of the people 
of Alabama's Fifth Congressional District, I thank her for her 
extraordinary service to our community and our state.

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