[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1938]
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            IN MEMORY OF THE LIFE OF MILDRED HEMMONS-CARTER

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 26, 2011

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to 
the life of Mrs. Mildred Hemmons-Carter who passed away on Friday, 
October 21, 2011.
  Mrs. Hemmons-Carter was born in Benson, Alabama, on September 12, 
1921 and graduated from school in 1941 with a degree in Business from 
the Tuskegee Institute.
  On February 1st of 1941, Mrs. Hemmons-Carter received her pilot's 
license making history as the first African-American woman to do so.
  On February 1st of this year, a celebration was held to honor the 
70th anniversary of her licensing.
  Mrs. Hemmons-Carter is survived by her husband of 70 years, Ret. Col. 
Herbert E. Carter, an original Tuskegee Airman.
  It is a sad day in Alabama as we lose one of our great women who 
proved the sky is the limit. We honor the memory of Mildred Hemmons-
Carter today.

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