[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            A TRIBUTE TO MRS. MARGARET BEULAH COLVERT ALLEN

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                         HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2007

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one of 
America's most deserving citizens, Mrs. Margaret Beulah Colvert Allen, 
who will be celebrating her 100th Birthday on August 2, 2008. Although 
Mrs. Allen was born in Statesville, NC, she presently resides in 
Congressman Bobby Scott's Congressional District, so we are both 
equally pleased and proud to share her as our friend and constituent.
  Over the years, Mrs. Allen has assumed many different roles. She was 
a dedicated homemaker and was also employed for several years as a 
substitute teacher, seamstress, supervisor of arts and crafts at her 
area community recreation center, and a food service worker at the 
Veterans Administration Hospital.
  Madam Speaker, Mrs. Allen has dedicated 75-faithful years of her life 
as a member of the Saint Paul A.M.E. Church. She has served as steward 
and stewardess and on several different committees including the 
Committee of Concern, which she chaired for many years. Mrs. Allen was 
also very involved in her community's Y.W.C.A. and the elementary and 
high school Parent Teacher Association.
  By all accounts, Mrs. Allen is a ``wonderful mother.'' Due to her 
husband's early death, Mrs. Allen was forced to rear five children as a 
single parent. Marion A. Christian, John C. Allen, III, Charles C. 
Allen, Beverly A. Henderson and Lynne C. Allen are the Allen children. 
All of the Allen children completed college and have reared successful 
children of their own.
  Madam Speaker, over her lifetime, Mrs. Allen has lived through some 
of the most significant historical periods of our time. Like so many of 
the great historical monuments she has stood the test of time and has 
survived Reconstruction; lynching; World War I; the Great Depression; 
World War II; the period of segregation; the Civil Rights Movement; 
Voting Rights Movement; School Desegregation and other momentous times. 
She is indeed a walking history reference and we take great pride in 
recognizing her for being blessed with such longevity.

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