[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E232-E233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MANUEL WELCH

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 15, 2011

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Manuel Welch, a retired Copiah County District Four Supervisor, born in 
Copiah County in the Shady Grove community. He attended Shady Grove 
School and joined Shady Grove M. B. church at an early age. Later his 
family moved into the Crystal Springs School District where he attended 
school. He graduated from Holtzclaw High School and soon after 
graduation obtained a summer job at the GEM plant.
  Manuel attended Utica Junior College for one year. He received his 
first full-time job at a furniture plant in Jackson where he worked for 
20 years. He found another job interest as he became a Tax Preparer in 
1978.

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  Manuel was active in the civil rights era. In 1982 he was 
instrumental in getting Copiah County redistricted. He won the 1983 
election but it was taken from him. Manuel didn't get elected until 
1985 as the first black Supervisor in Copiah County.
  He is an active member of the Copiah County NAACP, the Copiah County 
Democratic Executive Committee, and is a Mason.

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