[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2867-E2868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF MRS. NETTIE DURANT DICKSON

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                        HON. JOHN M. SPRATT, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 2, 2009

  Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, I would like to call the attention of the 
House to the death of a remarkable woman. On November 29, Mrs. Nettie 
DuRant Dickson of Darlington, South Carolina, died at the age of 106. 
Remarkable not only for her age, but for a life full

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of accomplishment, Mrs. Dickson and her late husband, William James 
Dickson, owned the Darlington Hardware. Mrs. Dickson was a member of 
the Darlington Presbyterian Church and active for years with the 
American Legion Auxiliary. In the past few years she resided at the 
Methodist Manor in Florence, South Carolina and then at Agape Senior 
Care in Irmo, South Carolina.
  One of twelve children, Nettie DuRant Dickson is survived by sibling 
Marion DuRant, daughters Elizabeth Betty DuPre and Jeanette D. Renfrow, 
numerous nieces and nephews, four grandsons, and three great-grandsons.
  In the end, what counts most is not how long we lived, but how well. 
On both counts, Nettie DuRant Dickson lived a good and fruitful life.

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