[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 55 (Thursday, March 29, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E692]
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    TRIBUTE TO THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF MILDRED LaVERGNE BOUTIN PROTHROW

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2007

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, today I would like to honor the 
90th birthday of Mildred LaVergne Boutin Prothrow.
  Fourscore and 10 years ago on April 7, 1917, Mildred LaVergne Boutin 
was born in Point-a-LaHache, Louisiana. At the age of three, she 
remembers wearing a navy sailor suit, hand and gloves to the train 
station as her family prepared her to move to Jackson, Mississippi.
  A true daughter of the South, Mildred's loving parents, Ruby Anita 
and Hamilton Henry Boutin, along with her Aunt Nea Learner, instilled 
all the qualities of a perfect southern lady, refined and generous.
  Once more, her journey continued with a train ride to Marshall, Texas 
in the fall of 1937 to attend Wiley College. There she trained for her 
future profession as a teacher, joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, 
and met her life partner, Percy W. Prothrow, Jr. With marriage came a 
home in Marshall and the births of her daughters, Lady Percy Prothrow 
and Deborah Boutin Prothrow-Stith.
  The family moved to Atlanta as Percy ascended the ranks of Atlanta 
Life Insurance Company and Mildred became an entrepreneur, opening a 
very popular childcare center. The family moved to Houston in 1968 
where Mildred received a master's degree in elementary education from 
Texas Southern University and taught in the public schools until 
retirement in 1983.
  As a widow, Mildred decided to retire and move to Boston to help her 
daughter and son-in-law raise their nephews, son and daughter. Known as 
Memama and Bibi to her grandchildren (Trey, Tony, Percy, and Mary 
Mildred), Mildred is a wonderful cook, a loving friend and confidant, 
and a dedicated mother and grandmother.

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