[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1352]
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                        TRIBUTE TO ELOISE ROGERS

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2001

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Ms. Eloise 
Whittington Rogers of Marion, South Carolina, who is retiring after 
thirty-eight years in public service. She is a greatly admired member 
of her community, and in her invaluable role as Veterans Affairs 
Officer has touched countless lives. I join the citizens of Marion 
County in expressing our deepest gratitude for everything she has done.
  Ms. Rogers was born in Florence, South Carolina. After graduating 
from Marion High School in 1956, she earned an Associate Degree in 
Business from Carolina College of Commerce in 1966, followed by a 
second degree in 1969 from the same College. Before entering public 
service, Ms. Rogers worked as a bookkeeper in Belks Department Store 
for five years.
  Ms. Rogers began her career in public service as a secretary at the 
Marion County Tax Collector's Office, where she worked for ten years. 
Ms. Rogers then moved to the Marion County Veterans Affairs Office. She 
devoted 28 years of her life to this office, working fourteen years as 
a secretary and fourteen as the Veterans Affairs Officer. During her 
tenure, Ms. Rogers developed close bonds with many of the veterans of 
Marion County, and became passionate about ensuring they got the 
benefits and recognition they deserved.
  In addition to the unselfish labor she has provided to the veterans 
of Marion County for almost three decades, Ms. Rogers has been giving 
to her community on a variety of different levels throughout her 
illustrious life. In 1991, she received the Citizen of the Year Award 
from the Woodman of the World organization. She has been honored with 
an Outstanding Service award from the Swamp Fox Chapter No. 87. Ms. 
Rogers is also a member of the Marion County Historical Commission, the 
Shannon Wilkerson Scholarship Fund, and is Clerk to Springville 
Community Poll. A devoted forty-five year member of the Shiloh United 
Methodist Church, Ms. Rogers serves as the church organist, Missionary 
Circle President, and on the administrative board, among numerous other 
roles within the church.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me today in honoring Eloise 
Whittington Rogers for the incredible service she has provided for the 
veterans and citizens of her community. The world is a better place 
because of her service, and I wish her happy days in a well-deserved 
retirement.

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