[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. CORA SAXON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 2008

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I would like to request the 
House's attention today to pay recognition to a special day in the life 
of a constituent of mine, Mrs. Cora Saxon.
  On March 17th, Mrs. Saxon will celebrate her 100th birthday. To help 
commemorate this special occasion, her friends and family are 
surprising her with a luncheon in Anniston, Alabama on March 8th.
  Mrs. Saxon was born in Clay County, Alabama and was the first 
daughter born into the family. She was named after each of her aunts, 
taking her full birth name as Susie Cora Cordia Betty Jo Marie. She 
later married Henry Elbert Saxon with whom she had one daughter, two 
grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. She is expecting great 
great grandchildren to be born in April.
  In 1941, Mrs. Saxon and her husband bought a farm on which she later 
began making candies for a living. Over the years, her small enterprise 
grew and thrived and was later named Saxon Distributors and Candy 
Kitchen, Inc. From their humble beginnings, her company grew to 14 
stores across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.
  I would like to congratulate Mrs. Saxon on reaching this important 
milestone in her life. I wish her a happy birthday and the best in the 
future, and of course, thank her for so many sweet memories.

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