[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 32 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E304]
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                    IN HONOR OF ANNIE LEE PINCHBACK

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 26, 2003

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, today, we will commemorate the 140th 
Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with the passage of H. 
Con. Res. 36. In recognition of today's action, Mr. Speaker, I also 
want to honor the memory of Annie Lee Pinchback, a matriarch of one of 
America's historic Black families.
  Annie Lee Pinchback was born to the late James Lucius and Elizabeth 
Booker on November 7, 1911. Known as Mama to all, Annie Lee was 
educated in the Danville Virginia School System, graduating from West 
Mollen High School in Danville, Virginia. At an early age, she married 
the late Mr. William T. Pinchback, a direct descendent of the nation's 
first African-American Governor, P.B.S. Pinchback. Five children were 
born out of their union: Mrs. Elizabeth Crosland, Mrs. Gloria Tucker, 
Mr. James Lucius Pinchback, Mrs. Canzada Allaway and Mr. Harry T. 
Pinchback. She and her husband relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
to live with her aunt. In later years, she moved to Brooklyn, New York.
  For forty years, Annie Lee worked as a seamstress at Admiral 
Embroidery in the New York City Garment Center. In 1936, she made Mount 
Lebanon Baptist Church on the Hill on Howard Avenue and Herkimer 
Street, her church home. Annie Lee served there as an usher; was a 
member of the Helping Hand Club; and served as Treasurer of the All-
State Club. She also sang in the R.A. Laws Ensemble Choir and the 
Sanctuary Choir until her health failed her. In 1962, she met the late 
Worthy Matron, Sister Fannie Johnson and joined the Order of Eastern 
Star, Maria Chapter #18 O.E.S. of Brooklyn, New York.
  While Annie Lee departed this life on November 26, 2002, her memory 
will live on through her brother and sister as well as her five 
children, her eighteen grandchildren, forty-six great-grandchildren, 
and thirteen great-great-grandchildren. I would urge my colleagues to 
take note of the great life and work of the great woman, Annie Lee 
Pinchback who is more than worthy of the recognition that we will 
bestow her today.

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