[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 18, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING LOYCIE MARVINE GRIFFIN

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 2013

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Mrs. Loycie Marvine Morgan Griffin, a Leake 
County native.
  Mrs. Griffin was a member of Jones Chapel M. B. Church where she 
served as choir president and advisor, president of the mission board, 
a nurse usher, a member of the mother's board, and a culinary ministry 
member. She was a Headstart teacher, a nurse, and also served many 
years as the Most Ancient Matron of the Heroines of Jericho.
  Mrs. Griffin's survivors include: two sons, J.C. Griffin and Lois L. 
Griffin; seven daughters, Almyrtis Henson, Marvis Smith, Pratmus 
Henson, Priscilla Rogers, all of Carthage, Mississippi, Gwen Davis, 
Desoto, Texas, Sylvia McKinney, Lancaster, Texas, and Sherry Harris, 
Terry, Mississippi; five sisters: Bernice Chambers and Bettye Morgan, 
both of Miwaukee, WI; Verline Gaines and Winnie Millsap, both of 
Chicago, IL, and Dealie Widler, Carthage, Mississippi; 36 
grandchildren; and 43 great-grandchildren.
  Mrs. Griffin was definitely a pillar of her community by not only 
holding many reputable positions in her church, but by fostering 
positive images and reputations through helping others in her 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the late 
Mrs. Loycie Marvine Griffin for her dedication to serving others.

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