[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 93 (Monday, June 11, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO ALICE R. BARHAM

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 11, 2007

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
the late Alice R. Barham, a warm and wonderful person who passed away 
on Tuesday, June 5, 2007.
  Her family and friends will memorialize her at a ``going home'' 
celebration to be held on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Mt. Tabor Baptist 
Church in Miami, FL.
  Mrs. Barham was a mother, grandmother, sister, and nurse. However, 
more than that, she was one of the most caring people I have ever met. 
Born on July 17, 1938 to John and Ruth Stephens, of Atlanta, Georgia 
and christened Alice Ruth.
  Alice Barham was one of the most caring people I have ever met, and 
so it was natural for her to choose a profession in which she could 
help people in pain and in need of comfort, and in a very personal way. 
She began her career in nursing at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the 
Pediatric Nursing Unit in the Skaggs and Woodard building. Later in her 
career, she became a Public Health Nurse for the Miami Dade County 
Health Department and worked in Liberty Square and James E. Scott 
housing projects providing health services to the underserved residents 
in the community. Alice was also employed at Mt. Sinai Hospital before 
eventually going to the Miami Dade County Public Schools System as a 
Public Health Nurse and biology teacher and retiring.
  Mrs. Barham had the ability to soothe people who were hurt, calm 
people who were worried and bring comfort to people who were afflicted. 
Children were naturally attracted to her, as was she to them. She had a 
remarkable gift, and she was generous in sharing it so freely with so 
many people in our community. I could not begin to estimate the number 
of people whose lives she touched and whose path she made a little 
easier.
  Mrs. Alice Barham was also my dear friend, and a dear friend to my 
family, and she played a very instrumental role in the lives of my 
children. I am deeply saddened by her passing, but I am grateful for 
having had her in my life. My heart goes out to her family and I thank 
them for sharing this phenomenal woman with us. Indeed, the legacy she 
leaves behind will live on in the people she helped throughout her 
career and life.

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