[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO LUCILE SUGDEN

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 14, 2002

  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the accomplishments of Mrs. 
Lucile Sugden of Lansing, Michigan, who will be honored on Sunday, June 
2, 2002, by South Baptist Church and the Lansing community for her 
years of service, including 75 years of faithfully serving as a Sunday 
School teacher.
  For 35 years, Mrs. Sugden and her late husband, Dr. Howard Sugden, 
ministered to the members and community of South Baptist Church in 
Lansing. During her years of service, Mrs. Sugden's witness has 
inspired and motivated many Christian families.
  Even today, Lucile Sugden, who celebrates her 95th birthday on May 
31, 2002, continues to teach a weekly Sunday School class at South 
Baptist. She also leads a weekly Bible study at her apartment complex.
  Described by those who know and love her as a true Woman of God, Mrs. 
Sugden is a role model for staying active in our golden years. She 
swims regularly in a local pool and even evangelizes those she meets in 
the hot tub. She has also been seen each summer in recent years zipping 
around on a jet ski watercraft on Lake Michigan.
  Long before her jet ski days, Lucile Sugden became a dedicated Tiger 
baseball fan. Twice honored at Tiger games in Detroit, she is fiercely 
loyal and devoted to her Tigers.
  Today, we extend our admiration and respect to Lucile Sugden of 
Lansing, Michigan. Her life truly reflects the direction of II Timothy 
2:15 which tells us: ``Study to show thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of 
truth.''

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