[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 49 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E442-E443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ON THE PASSING OF MS. ADA SHARPTON

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                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 26, 2012

  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the 
Third Congressional District of Florida, I want to express my 
condolences on the passing of Ms. Ada Sharpton on Thursday, March 23, 
2012, in Dothan, Alabama. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family 
and friends of this loving and devoted mother.
  With great reverence, I add my voice to the chorus of praises and 
sincere appreciation for the lifetime works and experience of this 
extremely passionate and loving soul, inspiration, and friend to all. 
Few people have the opportunity to influence so many in their life. All 
who came into contact with Ada were especially blessed. Her intensity 
was born of love, her insistence was driven by her determination to

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ensure we have the tools to succeed; her style was to embrace our 
souls, hearts, and even squeeze a little harder, just to get our 
attention.
  As we join with her loving family, we see in their eyes this 
boundless love and the meaning of her life, so richly captured by their 
individual and collective accomplishments, and for whom she served as 
the driving force. From a very young age, she encouraged her son Al to 
preach the word of God and to stand up for the rights of those who have 
no voice.
  As Ms. Ada Sharpton transitions home again, we say thank you Ada and 
we thank God for you, always and forever.

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