[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO CHESSYE BAUGHMAN POWELL

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                           HON. FLOYD SPENCE

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 13, 2001

  Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, April 30th, Chessye Baughman 
Powell retired from the United States House of Representatives, after 
thirty-four (34) years of devoted service. Chessye began her service to 
the people of the Second Congressional District of South Carolina in 
the Orangeburg Office of my predecessor, Congressman Albert Watson, on 
March 11, 1967. When I became a Member of Congress, in January 1971, 1 
was glad that Chessye wanted to continue to assist the constituents who 
were being served through my Orangeburg Office.
  From 1967 to 2001, Chessye dedicated herself to the various needs of 
the constituents of the Second Congressional District, as well as to 
those of persons from throughout our State. Chessye mastered the 
bureaucracy of the Federal Government and she was very adept at 
contacting the appropriate officials to address the many situations 
that were presented to her. Also, I was always proud of her 
representation of me at meetings and events in the Second Congressional 
District. In a 1997 profile in the (Orangeburg) TIMES AND DEMOCRAT, 
Chessye reflected on her career and the changes that have taken place 
over the more than thirty (30) years that she has served the citizens 
of the Second Congressional District. Chessye noted that, during her 
career, the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MANUAL has become ``probably ten 
(10) times the size that it was twenty-five (25) years ago.'' Chessye 
also observed that she has been guided by the motto: ``When duty calls, 
you have to rise to the occasion.'' Chessye has always risen to the 
occasion, whatever the circumstances have been.
  Chessye attended Newberry College, in South Carolina, and she began 
working for the (South Carolina) State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) 
at the time that it was being developed by Chief J.P. ``Pete'' Strom. 
Chessye later was employed by SCM, an industry in Orangeburg, South 
Carolina, where she met her husband, Roy. Chessye and Roy have a son, 
Greg, who is a health care executive in Atlanta, and a daughter, Allyn, 
who is a graduate student at the College of William and Mary. In 1990, 
Chessye became a District Administrator on my staff, based in my 
Orangeburg Office.
  Chessye has dedicated thirty-four (34) years of her life to helping 
others. She can be justifiably proud of her many accomplishments, and I 
am pleased to join her many friends in wishing her much happiness in 
her future endeavors.

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