[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 114 (Thursday, September 14, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1718]
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CONGRATULATING MISS ALICE LEE ON THE OCCASION OF HER 95TH BIRTHDAY AND 
  THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ALABAMA'S OLDEST PRACTICING FEMALE ATTORNEY

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 14, 2006

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, it is with both pride and pleasure that I 
rise this week to honor one of the most beloved residents of 
Monroeville, Alabama, Miss Alice Lee, on the occasion of her 95th 
birthday and her distinction of being Alabama's oldest practicing 
female attorney.
  After graduating from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, ``Miss 
Alice'' returned to her hometown of Monroeville in the midst of the 
Great Depression. For 18 years, she served as the associate editor and 
partner of The Monroe Journal, a weekly newspaper in Monroeville. She 
did a little bit of everything at the paper including writing stories, 
proofing copy and assisting with the printing.
  In 1937, ``Miss Alice'' went to work for the Internal Revenue Service 
in Birmingham and at night attended law school. After graduating from 
the Birmingham School of Law and being admitted to the bar in 1943, she 
returned to Monroeville to practice law with her father at his firm 
Barnett, Bugg & Lee, where she continues to practice today.
  One of ``Miss Alice's'' passions has been her work for the Methodist 
church. She was the first woman to head the administrative board of her 
hometown church, and she was the first woman to chair the Alabama-West 
Florida Council on Ministries of the Methodist Church.
  For 32 years, ``Miss Alice'' served on the city's planning 
commission. When she stepped down in 1998, she was presented with a 
proclamation from the Monroeville City Council.
  Mr. Speaker, ``Miss Alice'' has devoted her life to the service of 
Monroe County's residents, and along the way, she has been an 
inspiration to countless young women--and men--for all that she has 
accomplished. Therefore, it is only appropriate that I ask my 
colleagues to join with me in congratulating ``Miss Alice'' on reaching 
this milestone. I know her colleagues, her sisters--Louise Lee Conner 
and Nelle Harper Lee--her family and her many friends join with me in 
praising her significant accomplishments and extending thanks for her 
many efforts over the years on behalf of the people of Alabama. May 
there be many more birthday celebrations to come. God bless you, ``Miss 
Alice.''

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