[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 7 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E60]
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                HONORING THE LIFE OF JANET SIMPSON COYLE

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 21, 2010

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a lifelong 
teacher and public servant, Janet Coyle of Rowlett, Texas, who passed 
away last year at the age of ninety-nine.
  Janet was born on April 7, 1910 in Brownwood, Texas to Charles and 
Janie Simpson. She taught elementary school in Garland, Richardson, and 
Rowlett for twenty-five years where she followed her personal motto, 
``There is something to love in every child.''
  Janet served as President of Classroom Teachers of Garland from 1959 
to 1960. She later volunteered her time as the first woman on the 
Rowlett Planning and Zoning Commission. She was a charter member of the 
Rowlett Historical Society and was given the Chamber of Commerce 
Heritage Hall of Fame Award in 2007.
  Janet was an active member of her church, First United Methodist of 
Rowlett, for seventy-seven years. She is preceded in death by her 
husband of fifty years, William ``Bill'' Coyle. She will be missed by 
her three daughters, Nancy Yarnes, Susan Kiby and husband, Larry, Beck 
Buttram and husband, Will; and son, Billy Coyle and wife, Missy.
  Madam Speaker, I commend Janet Coyle for her lifelong devotion to 
education and public service in her community.

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