[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 78 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1040-E1041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING DR. WILLIAM NATHAN DANSBY

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                          HON. CARRIE P. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 12, 2002

  Ms. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of the 
late Dr. William Nathan Dansby, a remarkable man whose personal 
achievement and community service are an example to us all.
  Dr. William Nathan Dansby, 84, was born in Mobile, Alabama. He was 
educated in private elementary and secondary schools, including 
Stillman College (then Stillman Institute). He received the bachelor of 
science degree from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North 
Carolina, a master's degree in chemistry from Fisk University in 
Nashville, Tennessee, and a doctorate in dental surgery from Meharry 
Medical College, also, in Nashville. A proud Fraternity man, he was 
elected to Beta Kappa Chi and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
  A decorated veteran of World War II, Dr. Dansby served with 
distinction in the U.S. Army. He was appointed by the Tuscaloosa City 
Council to the City Board of Education in 1970 and was elected chairman 
of the board in 1985. He served on boards of directors of the Black 
Warrior Council of the Boy Scouts, the Martin Luther King, Jr. School 
National Network, the Benjamin Barnes YMCA, and the Maude L. Whatley 
Health Center. He was,

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also, a member of the Kiwanis and Tuscaloosa Reunion Clubs.
  As a devoted servant at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, he was 
installed an elder and very active in work of the Men of the Church, 
the Endowment Committee, and the Trustee Board.
  In his last years of life, Dr. Dansby served his community by 
providing free dental services to those who could not afford to pay and 
helped in anyway he could to serve his various schools of matriculation 
and local organizations.
  Dr. William Nathan Dansby passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2002 and 
will be laid to rest today in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was preceded in 
death by his parents, William L. Dansby and Portia Dorcette Canty 
Dansby, and his sister, Sarah Dansby Pinkney. He is survived by 
cousins, Theodora Dansby Johnson of Florida, Sondra Brown Julien of 
Florida, George F. Knox of Florida and their families. He leaves to 
cherish his memory a devoted family whom he adopted as his own, William 
and Elizabeth Rice of Aliceville and their three daughters: Mechelle, 
Benidia, and Portia.
  As he is grieved, his family and friends know that his spirit has 
returned to God and that he is smiling down upon the world. Mr. 
Speaker, I ask all Members to join me in paying tribute to him this 
remarkable man.

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