[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 137 (Friday, September 25, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH BIRTHDAY OF ROWENA ELLISON

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 25, 2009

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the one hundred fifth birthday of Rowena Ellison on September 25, 2009.
  Rowena Ellison was born in Minnieville, Virginia at the Windsor Farm 
on September 25, 1904. Rowena was the fourth of eight children born to 
Luther Windsor and Minnie Alexander. She married Roy Ellison from Texas 
and moved to Alexandria, Virginia in 1936. Together they raised five 
children, each of whom graduated from George Washington High School. 
Rowena Windsor has 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Rowena 
was widowed in 1969. She continues to live in Alexandria with the help 
of her children.

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