[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H4879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PASTOR BERNYCE CLAUSEL

  (Ms. GRAHAM asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the late Bernyce 
Clausel, who passed away at the age of 98 last week. She was a civil 
rights leader in Tallahassee who participated in the bus boycotts of 
1956. She was a devout Christian who, with her husband, founded Calvary 
Baptist Church in 1958. And later she became the church's pastor, one 
of the first women to do so in Tallahassee.
  She was a fixture at town hall meetings and charity drives, and she 
was always there to help those in need. We lost a true north Florida 
hero, but I am so thankful that we had her for so long.
  May God bless Pastor Bernyce Clausel, and may He bless each of us 
with the strength and dedication to serve our communities as well as 
she did.

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