[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 172 (Tuesday, December 21, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2223]
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                   PASSING OF REVEREND S.L. ROBERSON

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 21, 2010

  Mr. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, a distinguished churchman, much loved in 
southeast Michigan who led the House of Representatives in prayer on 
September 5, 2007, has been called by the God he served so faithfully.
  Reverend S.L. Roberson, pastor of Metropolitan Memorial Baptist 
Church in Ypsilanti, Michigan, passed away on November 11, 2010. His 
long and faithful service to his God and fellow man has endeared him to 
the people of the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor region of Southeast Michigan 
in a very special way.
  Reverend Roberson was a Marine and he served this country at Okinawa 
and Iwo Jima in World War II. When he came home he never stopped 
serving.
  Reverend Roberson led the congregation at Metropolitan Memorial 
Baptist Church from 1954. He was a leader to that church and he was 
leader to the Ypsilanti community. He was a gifted communicator and he 
put that gift to work for his community, his congregation, and his 
nation.
  Reverend Roberson leaves behind a grieving family and thousands of 
grieving friends and admirers.
  He was commemorated in a celebration of his life at Metropolitan 
Memorial Baptist Church on December 18, 2010.
  On behalf of the House of Representatives, which he led in prayer, I 
extend our condolences to his much loved widow, Mrs. Hollie Roberson, 
and his family.

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