[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER REMEMBERED

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                        HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 25, 2003

  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, Audrey Yvette Wall Augustus was born on 
November 3, 1956, at Saint Agnes Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. 
She departed this life and entered into eternal rest on Saturday, March 
1, 2003, with her loving, devoted husband holding her hand. Audrey was 
the eldest child born to Richmond Wall, Jr. and Lydia Thomas Wall.
  ``Little Audrey'', as she was affectionately known, was named after 
her father's sister. When she was two years old, the family moved to 
Washington, DC. Audrey was educated in the District of Columbia and 
Prince Georges County Public School Systems. She graduated from Largo 
High School in 1975. Following in the footsteps of her mother, Lydia 
and her Godmother, Nurry, Audrey became a ``Bennett Belle'' when she 
enrolled at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the 
Spring of 1977, she pledged Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. 
She established a legacy of love, strength, endurance, patience, 
courage and enthusiasm and became a beacon of light for all to follow. 
In 1979, Audrey graduated from Bennett College with a degree in Early 
Childhood Education and a minor in Library Science. Her love for 
children was evident in her everyday life, and her home was always a 
popular gathering place for them.
  Audrey joined the United States Capitol Police Department on October 
5, 1981, and achieved the rank of Private First Class (PFC). As an 
educator, she sought and became an instructor in the Capitol Police 
Training Academy in August 1991, thru June 2001. She taught over 1,000 
of the men and women that currently protect and serve the United States 
Congress today. She shared her enthusiasm and gave of herself until her 
untimely death.
  Audrey leaves to cherish her memory: her husband Kevin A. Augustus; 
also a Capitol Police Officer since, February 21, 1978. Daughters, 
Ashli Kai-Leen Jordan, Aysha Monaye Jordan; son Kevin A. Augustus, Jr.; 
parents, Richmond Wall Jr. and Lydia T. Wall; sister, Adrienne M. Wall; 
brother, Richmond Wall, Jr.; aunts, June Swindell (Richard), Norma 
Haywood (David L), Audrey Wall, Nurry Johnson (John), Mary Jeffries and 
Bessie Morgan (Ed); cousins, Denise Brown (Freddie) and Marielle Posey 
(Derrick); sister-in-law, Bonnie Claggett; father-in-law, Alfred A. 
Augustus; nephews, Derek Augustus and Michael ``Mikey'' Claggett; niece 
Joy Peterson; devoted friends and guardian angles; Liz Harris, LaMont 
Lewis, Anita Stoddard, Sherri Morgan, Beverly Davis, JoAnne Morgan; and 
Godsisters, Kimberley Scott and Mischelle Corbin.
  To all who were blessed to know her, Audrey will be remembered as the 
kindest, most gentle soul.

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