[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E235]
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                      HONORING MR. JERRY L. SMITH

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 25, 2014

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
hardworking and self motivated man, Mr. Jerry L. Smith.
  Mr. Jerry Smith was born in Hollandale, Mississippi on July 27, 1953 
to Rev. C. B. and Hattie Smith. He was reared on a farm. He graduated 
from Anguilla High School in 1971 and in May 1975 from Mississippi 
Valley State University with a B. S. Degree in Industrial Technology.
  Mr. Smith was enlisted in the U. S. Air Force as a Second Lieutenant 
from July, 1975 to August, 1978. In 1979, he started working for Asmco 
as a plant manager for 10 years. He started farming around 1994 and has 
been farming ever since. His motto is, ``In order to make your life 
better you have to get up each day and strive for that''.
  Mr. Smith is married to Patsy Smith and to that union they have one 
child, Nicholas. He is an active member of St. Paul M. B. Church.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mr. Jerry 
L. Smith.

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