[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E625-E626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING PASTOR JERRY DAILEY

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 12, 2005

  Mr. CUELLAR. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Jerry Dailey for 
his dedication and

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service as a Pastor and community leader in San Antonio, Texas.
  Dr. Dailey was born in Anderson, Indiana. He attended the public 
schools of Duval County Florida, and later graduated from Andrew 
Jackson Senior High School. After high school, Dr. Dailey received a 
basketball scholarship to study at Bethune-Cookman College. In college, 
Dr. Dailey was elected Senior Class President and was also a recipient 
of the Crown Zellerbach Foundation Scholarship to study one year at the 
University of California, Berkeley. In 1975, he graduated cum laude 
with a B.S. in Psychology. Dr. Dailey went on to obtain a Masters of 
Divinity degree in 1979 from Philadelphia's Eastern Baptist Theological 
Seminary and a Doctor of Theology degree in 1991 from San Antonio's 
Guadalupe College. Dr. Dailey also holds many other honorary degrees 
for his work in divinity.
  For the past 28 years, Dr. Dailey has served many communities as a 
pastor and community leader. Since 1985, Dr. Dailey has been the Pastor 
of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas. He 
continues to lead the church today and has led many initiatives in 
Macedonia's major expansion and renovation efforts. Other community 
projects of Dr. Dailey's have been establishing the Good Samaritan Food 
Ministry and Youth Scholarship Fund.
  Among his many accolades, Dr. Dailey received the 2000 MLK 
Distinguished Achievement Award Nomination from the City of San Antonio 
MLK Commission and was the first African American appointed to the 
Administrative Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of 
Texas (BGCT). He is now the newly elected President of the African 
American Fellowship of the BGCT. His many awards and recognitions 
attest to the breadth of his service through the years.
  Dr. Dailey is married to the former Janice M. Pullen and they are the 
parents of three daughters named Joy Marie, Jasmine Noelle, and Jeri 
Nicole. He constantly serves as a role model and inspiration for his 
congregation and the local community. It honors me today to have the 
chance to recognize and thank Dr. Dailey for his many years of service 
and contribution.

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