[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             EDITH GATES BRADY--100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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                     HON. ERIC A. ``RICK'' CRAWFORD

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2015

  Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, Edith's parents were William Earl and 
Marsha Susan Gates. She has one younger brother, Billy Duane, who 
resides in Texas.
   Edith was born at 4:00 p.m. September 4, 1915, in the country 
outside of Peach Orchard, AR.
   She moved from Peach Orchard, Arkansas to Michigan in 1925 at age 
10. She graduated as Salutatorian from John J. Pershing High School.
   She was married to Loyd Elvin Brady in the midst of the Great 
Depression on October 28, 1934, at the Hazel Park Baptist Tabernacle, 
Hazel Park, MI in a wedding dress costing $13. She had 6 children, 
Roger Bryan, Kay Linda, Loyd (Bud) Elvin II, Dan Gregory, Robert 
Franklin and Kirk Alyn.
   As the wife of a city manager she resided, entertained and attended 
public/political functions in Hazel Park, MI, Trinidad, CO, The Dalles, 
OR, Monrovia, CA and Santa Clara, CA, before her husband retired to 
raise cattle at the Sugarbush Ranch in Success, AR in 1963.
   She has 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grand-children, and 5 great-great 
grandchildren.
   She was baptized into the Christian faith as a child and has been a 
member of the Success Baptist Church in Success, AR since 1963.
   She became Deputy Treasurer of Western Clay County, Arkansas in 
1968, in which capacity she served for 16 years.
   Edith has family traveling from California, Texas, Georgia, and 
Michigan for the centennial celebration.
   She loves celebrating events with her family, recollecting amusing 
stories/life lessons, following political commentary, reading western 
novels, and cheering for the St. Louis Cardinals.
   She plans to wear high heels to her 100th birthday celebration.

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