[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1370]
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                 IN RECOGNITION OF WAYNE AND JEAN IVEY

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2014

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
today to recognize Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ivey who have been married 50 
years and serve as clergy in Lee County, Alabama.
  Jean of Manchester, Georgia and Wayne of Columbus, Georgia met while 
attending a surprise birthday party. They were married in Manchester on 
August 23, 1964.
  In 1966, Wayne joined the Air Force and he and Jean joined a Baptist 
church in Tampa, Florida. Soon after, Wayne began to feel the call of 
God to full-time ministry. Since he had a problem with stuttering, he 
did not see how God could use him as a pastor, but Wayne soon found 
when he spoke on subjects related to God he did not stutter.
  After completing his education, Wayne served as pastor in two full-
time churches, Pleasant Grove in Abbeville and Midway in Smiths 
Station, both in Alabama. For almost a decade, he has served as part-
time pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Opelika, Alabama. Jean 
currently works part-time as administrative assistant for the Tuskegee 
Lee Baptist Association.
  They have two children, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in thanking Wayne and Jean Ivey for their 
tireless service in the Lee County community.

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