[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E18]
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                    HONORING THE LIFE OF JUDY SUMNER

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                        HON. TRAVIS W. CHILDERS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2010

  Mr. CHILDERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today with deep sadness by the 
passing away of a great leader and native Mississippian, Mayor Judy 
Sumner. Mayor Sumner, 58, died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at her home.
  During her mayoral tenure, she guided the town toward resolution of a 
debt crisis with the Internal Revenue Service and a host of other 
creditors while helping to coordinate celebrations of Como's musical 
and ethnic heritage and its Main Street business revival.
  Mayor Sumner was a devoted wife to Mike Sumner and mother to her four 
children, Courtney Collins, Wendy Bailey, Sassene Dyer and Nick Sumner. 
Madam Speaker, with distinct honor and pride, I along with the citizens 
of Como, Mississippi, sadly mourn the death of such an inspirational 
leader and Mississippian. I want to personally thank her for all her 
contributions. Her memory will live on.

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