[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E551]
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                        HONORING LILLIE V. DAVIS

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 20, 2016

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. 
Lillie V. Thompson Davis.
  Mrs. Lillie V. Thompson Davis, a life time resident of Quitman 
County, MS, has a strong belief in God; she is a friend to education, a 
retired school teacher of 42 years, and lives in Marks, MS. She has a 
teaching experience of more than forty-two years which include 
seventeen years as assistant principal, Adult Education teacher, 
teaching in the prison system, and in the state of Indiana. She is a 
graduate of Rust College Holly Springs, MS and earned a Master of 
Education from the University of MS Oxford, MS. She was one of the 
first of four teachers who taught in an integrated school system in an 
all white school in Marks, MS. Mrs. Davis is an advocate for education 
and has tutored students in reading and math without a fee, and made 
generous donations to an educational program. She is sustaining her 
teaching career as an advanced adult Sunday School teacher at her 
membership church in Marks, MS.
  She initiated the idea to build a much needed gym for the Quitman 
County Middle School, by the passing of a bond issue. The first attempt 
to pass the bond issue failed by 23 votes November of 2013, but because 
of her fervent prayers, profound determination, and help of many 
dedicated hard working individuals, the bond issue of four million 
dollars was tried a second time and passed in November, 2014. She has 
been a member of the Quitman County School Board since 2006, and has 
worked untiringly trying to bring about positive changes for the boys 
and girls of the Quitman County School System. And also since she 
wanted to share her knowledge of some undocumented history of the early 
life of Blacks in the Delta, she wrote a book entitled ``Drifting Into 
Falcon.''
  Mrs. Davis is the mother of three daughters: Pamela, Jamesetta and 
Wanda, who is deceased. She has five grandchildren: Larry, Brandon, 
Darnell, Steve and Ashley; and four great grandchildren: Debrisha, 
Marian, Lauren and Laila.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mrs. 
Lillie V. Davis because she is definitely the epitome of an unsung 
hero.

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