[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING REVEREND HORACE L. BUCKLEY

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2014

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Pastor Horace Buckley a native Jacksonian.
  Reverend Buckley is a graduate of Lanier High School and Mississippi 
Valley State University, where he received the Bachelor of Science 
Degree. He received the Master of Education Degree in Counseling from 
Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. Reverend Buckley received the 
Doctorate of Divinity Degree (Honoris, Causa) from Natchez College and 
the Mississippi Baptist Seminary, May 2003 and June 2003 respectively.
  He is a former classroom teacher, having both interned and taught at 
Coleman High School in Greenville, Mississippi. In the Jackson Public 
Schools, he has worked as a high school counselor, a volunteer track 
coach and a middle school assistant principal. He is a recipient of the 
Jackson Association of Educator's ``Friend of Education'' Award and 
numerous other citations and awards.
  He is a Hall of Fame Inductee in track and field, both at his Alma 
Mater and in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. He served for 16 
years in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
  Reverend Buckley is a man of God who holds to his convictions and 
walks by faith and not by sight. He received the call to serve as 
pastor of Cade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in 1969 and has 
transformed a two Sunday a month worship service to full-time worship 
services. His dedicated and extraordinary leadership resulted in the 
retirement of mortgage in 1973 and 1991.
  In 1980, the church held its Centennial Celebration Service. On April 
18, 1993 the church broke ground on its $1.2 million Family Life Center 
which houses an array of ministries and serves the community where the 
church is located and where as a boy Horace Buckley spent his formative 
years growing up.
  Reverend Buckley is married to the former Myra Beamon. They are the 
proud parents of four adult children: Dr. Horace A. Buckley, Carol 
LeJune Buckley, Dr. Cedric Buckley and Reverend Reginald M. Buckley and 
currently are grandparents to eight grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Reverend 
Horace L. Buckley for his dedication to serving others.

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