[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 99 (Thursday, June 28, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1180]
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                IN MEMORY OF BISHOP ROBERT C. JEFFERSON

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 28, 2012

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor the memory 
of a pillar in the Sunnyside community in Houston, Texas, Bishop Robert 
C. Jefferson, Pastor of the Cullen Missionary Baptist Church. With 
exceptional dedication, Bishop Jefferson served his community and 
advocated for the betterment of society.
  Bishop Jefferson was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on January 12, 
1942. He accepted his calling into the gospel ministry in March 1976 
and was ordained at Mount Horeb Baptist Church in Houston under the 
pastoral leadership of the late Reverend Johnnie Jones. In March 1977, 
he founded Cullen Missionary Baptist Church and faithfully served there 
for the rest of his life.
  A champion of the downtrodden and underserved, Bishop Jefferson 
founded and was active on a host of community organizations. He was a 
Founding Member of Ministers Against Crime, an organization that is 
active in issues involving inequities and civil rights in the Greater 
Houston Area. He was also the Founder of Sunnyside Up, Inc., a 
community development project; Founder/President of A Brand New City, 
Inc; Founder/President of the Cullen Christian Child Development 
Center; the former Second Vice President and Director of Religious 
Affairs of the NAACP Houston Branch; and a former member of the Houston 
Independent School District Board.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, Bishop Jefferson will be dearly missed by his 
wife, Myrtle, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, as well as his four 
daughters, Lola, Vanessa, Lisa and Robertine. He will be remembered in 
the City of Houston as a dedicated community leader and a principled 
man of God.

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