[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 156 (Wednesday, December 7, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2469-E2470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN TRIBUTE TO MRS. EDITH A. GRAY, DISTINGUISHED CONECUH COUNTY EDUCATOR

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                           HON. TERRY EVERETT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2005

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the long 
service of a distinguished Conecuh County citizen who has contributed 
to the education of many in Southeast Alabama. Mrs. Edith A. Gray, who 
turned 95 this year, is truly an inspiration of community service.
  A native of Galveston, Texas, Mrs. Gray received her educational 
training in 1940 at Tuskegee Institute. Already teaching even before 
she obtained her B.S. degree, Mrs. Gray dedicated over four decades of 
her life to educating others at Conecuh County Training School.

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  Gray went on to develop one of the largest and most successful home 
economics programs in the State of Alabama. She founded the New 
Homemakers of America (NHA) organization in Conecuh County and the 
Mother-Daughter-Father-Son organization as a means of bringing families 
together.
  Her insightful programs brought together families to teach them in 
their own homes a variety of skills from sewing, cooking, decorating, 
child care, and preserving homegrown foods.
  I am pleased to note that due to Mrs. Edith A. Gray's exemplary 
service she will be honored on December 12 with the office ribbon 
cutting of the Edith A. Gray Library and Technology Center at Reid 
State Technical College in Evergreen, Alabama. She is certainly worth 
of this honor and I extend my personal congratulations to her and her 
family.

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