[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 130 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING MRS. HENRIETTA HATTON CLARK ON OCCASION OF HER 100TH 
                                BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 11, 2014

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Mrs. Henrietta 
Hatton Clark, a beloved and respected constituent from Vance County, 
North Carolina who will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sunday, 
September 14, 2014. Mrs. Clark is a pillar of her community and is 
highly respected by all those who know her because of her unwavering 
commitments to God, her family, her church and the community and state 
she has called home her entire life.
  Mrs. Clark was born on a farm in Vance County, North Carolina on 
September 14, 1914. She was the youngest of six children and was 
adventurous at an early age. She attended elementary school in Vance 
County and went on to graduate from Henderson Institute which was 
operated by the Northern Presbyterian Church. Following Henderson 
Institute, Mrs. Clark attended what was then Winston-Salem State 
Teachers College, now Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, 
North Carolina.
  Equipped with her teaching degree, Mrs. Clark set out to make the 
world a better place one child and one classroom at a time by inspiring 
children to dream big and work hard. She taught in Vance County, North 
Carolina Schools for several decades and shaped generations of young 
minds. She often told her students, ``You can achieve any position if 
you study, work hard, and believe in yourself.''
  Mrs. Clark's passion and drive did not stop when the school day 
ended. She was incredibly active in her community. She led voter 
registration initiatives and was an inspirational leader during the 
Civil Rights Movement. She served on important committees that made 
recommendations for state judicial appointments which empowered her to 
help diversify the Bench. She also served as a Board Member for several 
community organizations and was a longtime member of the Vance-
Granville Community College Board of Trustees.
  Mrs. Clark remains a very active member of Cotton Memorial 
Presbyterian Church in Henderson, North Carolina. The church and its 
members have been a persistent source of joy, peace, and happiness 
throughout Mrs. Clark's truly remarkable life. Likewise, members of her 
Church and residents of the Henderson and Vance County community hold 
Mrs. Clark in high esteem and are honored to know her.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my House colleagues to join me in sending warm 
regards and in wishing Mrs. Henrietta Hatton Clark a very happy 
birthday.

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