[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN REMEMBRANCE OF WYNONA HAYDON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Holding) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Wynona 
Haydon, a beloved woman who recently passed away into the loving arms 
of our Lord.
  Wynona married Julian Woodrow Haydon after graduating from high 
school, and then she began her career as an assistant with the 
Department of Defense. Throughout her 36-year career, she held 
positions at the Pentagon and at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in 
North Carolina. There, she met General James Doolittle, General Omar 
Bradley, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. She helped usher in the 
postwar era, alongside many other military officers and personnel.
  Mr. Speaker, Wynona was proud to be an American, and she was equally 
proud of being a North Carolinian.
  Someone once said of Wynona that she was ``made of the stuff that 
makes life worth living.'' Though known only by those lucky enough to 
come within her orbit, Wynona lived a life of honesty and hard work, 
and instilled those traits in her son, her grandson, and her many 
nieces and nephews.
  She was a loving and successful mother and grandmother, a smiling joy 
and inspiration to her friends and those who came in contact with her. 
In short, Wynona Haydon lived a long and contributing life which 
brightened the lives of many others, including mine.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her family and the members of Temple 
Baptist Church, who are mourning the loss of a beloved woman.

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