[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF ERMA JOHNSON HADLEY

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a 
dedicated Fort Worth community leader, Erma Johnson Hadley, who passed 
away last week after a very long battle with cancer.
  Mrs. Hadley was born in Leggett, Texas, where she graduated from high 
school in 1959 and became the first Black woman from Leggett to attend 
college. Mrs. Hadley attended Prairie View A&M University.
  When she finished her career teaching in high school, she came to 
Tarrant County College, where she served in a variety of different 
roles, including vice chancellor, and was ultimately named the interim 
chancellor and chancellor in 2010 of the Tarrant County College system.
  Chancellor Hadley was known for her passion for ensuring accessible 
and affordable education for students in Tarrant County. I will never 
forget Mrs. Erma Johnson Hadley telling me a story about how while all 
kids are not necessarily gifted equally, all kids that put their mind 
to it, if their parents work with them, can get a good education and 
make something of themselves.
  Mrs. Hadley believed in each and every student that attended Tarrant 
County College, and I know that the campus and the students are going 
to continue to benefit from her legacy and her belief in them.
  She is survived by her husband, Bill Hadley; Ardenia Johnson Gould, 
who is her daughter; and Spencer Gould, her son-in-law; and a 
grandchild.

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