[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 149 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING THE REVEREND DR. THOMAS L. WALKER

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2010

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the Reverend Dr. 
Thomas L. Walker, a community leader being honored for his decades of 
service. On Thursday, November 18, 2010, the community will come 
together to celebrate as Reverend Walker is inducted into the Twin 
County Hall of Fame.
  Reverend Walker is well deserving of this honor. He is a native of 
Rocky Mount, N.C., and has devoted his entire life to serving his 
community.
  Since 1970, Reverend Walker has worked to better the community as 
pastor of the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church of Rocky Mount, N.C.
  He has also served as an Edgecombe County Commissioner, Chairman of 
the North Carolina Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and as President 
of the Greater Rocky Mount Ministers' Council.
  After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Reverend Walker sought to 
help others by channeling his energy into writing a book entitled, 
``Brother to Brother--You Don't Have To Die of Prostate Cancer.'' Many 
urologists around the country use the book to educate patients and help 
people understand prostate cancer.
  Reverend Walker also founded the Edgecombe-Nash Political Caucus, 
created Project Empowerment and has experienced great success as a 
gospel artist.
  Reverend Walker will be among 10 Twin County Hall of Fame inductees 
honored at the banquet being held at the Dunn Center at Wesleyan 
College: Mae Woods Bell, Harold Cooley, Daniel Finch, Richard T. 
Fountain, Allan Gurganus, George Higgs, James W. Hines, Warren R. 
Jones, Aldolphus Staton, and Reverend Walker.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues rise to join me in 
recognizing all of this year's deserving inductees. I also extend my 
congratulations and best wishes to my good friend, Reverend Walker, his 
wife Joyce, and their two children, Timothy and Teresa.

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