[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 25 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATING MRS. CORNELIA McREYNOLDS

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment 
today to congratulate Mrs. Cornelia McReynolds of Pembroke, KY, for 
receiving the Modernette Civic Club's Woman of the Year Award.
  Mrs. McReynolds is best known in the Hopkinsville community as a 
devoted mother of seven children. But her influence stretches far 
beyond the boundaries of her home and her family.
  She is an active member of the Eastern Star and helped to organize 
the Community Choir of Hopkinsville. She is also director of the junior 
choir and president of the usher board at the St. Bethlehem Baptist 
Church. The children of the church are so fond of Mrs. McReynolds, they 
call her ``Granny.''
  Six of her seven children were with her when she received the award 
at the Modernette Club's 10th annual African-American Heritage 
Breakfast. They traveled from as far away as Chicago and Florida to be 
with their mother--and of course her seventh child called by cell phone 
from Florida after she received the award. Even her seven-month-old 
great granddaughter attended the Saturday morning breakfast in her 
honor at the Pioneer Memorial Complex. It was family dedication like 
this and her amazing work in the community that likely prompted this 
special award.
  Congratulations again, Mrs. McReynolds, on receiving the 2004 
Modernette Civil Club's Woman of the Year award. You are truly an 
inspiration for all of us throughout the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky.

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