[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING MS. ROSA GIBBS ON HER CELEBRATING HER ONE HUNDREDTH 
                                BIRTHDAY

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of a woman 
celebrating a milestone so few are able to attain, her One Hundredth 
Birthday. Ms. Rosa Gibbs was born June 21, 1907, in Georgetown, South 
Carolina. She is the daughter of Shedwick and Anne Jenkins Gibbs.
  Ms. Rosa Gibbs graduated from Howard High School in South Carolina in 
1925. After graduation, she moved to New York City where she lived for 
over five decades. For the past twenty years she has resided in 
Florida, though at heart I know she will always be a New Yorker.
  Ms. Gibbs is a testament to aging beautifully. She regularly attends 
church, and is of both sound mind and body. Ms. Gibbs will be 
celebrating her birthday with her friends and loved ones on June 23, 
2007 at the Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 
Jacksonville, Florida.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize Ms. Gibbs' life and honor 
her birth.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in celebrating the One 
Hundredth Birthday of Ms. Rosa Gibbs.

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