[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 64 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        GOOD-BYE TO FRIEND JENNIFER BYLER AND HER DAUGHTER SARAH

  (Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, today we say good-bye to 
a great lady of Virginia, my friend Jennifer Byler, a community leader 
and a dedicated wife and mother. Jennifer and her 9-year-old daughter 
Sarah perished in a tragic boating accident on the Chesapeake Bay this 
past weekend. The sailboat they were traveling in capsized in high 
winds and Jennifer, her daughter Sarah, and brother and sister-in-law 
John and Nan Curtis were left to the seas for nearly 15 hours.
  John and Nan are recovering and I thank them, especially John, for 
his valiant efforts to swim to shore with boat in tow.
  Jennifer Byler was a dedicated member of the Virginia Board of 
Education, fighting for the best interests of our children and working 
to improve public education in our area. She will be sorely missed.
  In this time of tragedy and loss, my prayers are with Jennifer's 
husband Gary, to her children, Georgia Cate, 7, Emma Grace, 6, and 
Jonathan Levi, 4, and the great Commonwealth of Virginia for our 
collective loss.

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