[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OLEALIA BRADSHAW

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2017

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable unsung hero, Mrs. Olealia Bradshaw of Mississippi.
  Olealia Bradshaw was born to the late Spencer and the late Earnestine 
Frye on September 25th 1948. She is a graduate of John F. Kennedy 
Memorial High School in Mound Bayou, MS and later attended Coahoma 
Community College, where she obtained an Associate Degree in Social 
Studies.
  Realizing the study of history was not her passion, she furthered her 
studies at Delta State University receiving a Bachelor Degree in Home. 
While at Delta State University, she met and later married standout 
football player, Jimmy Lee Bradshaw. To that union, four children were 
born: Gabriel, Michellda, Rasheda, and Ernestine.
  Upon graduating from Delta State University, Olealia began teaching 
at John F. Kennedy High School and she remained a teacher for twenty-
nine years. Throughout the years, students, co-workers and community 
residents have expressed how she blessed their lives, personally and 
professionally. Although her influence in the realm of education is 
immeasurable, Olealia considers her greatest achievement to be her 
total surrender to the Will of God Almighty, and her desire to live a 
life that is pleasing to Him. She is a faithful member of St. Mark 
Church of God in Christ where she serves as the Sunday School 
Superintendent.
  She lives her life in servitude to others. She and her late husband 
would open their home for the homeless and provided various services to 
the homeless to be able to re-establish their independence.
  Mrs. Bradshaw is a mentor to many children, not only when she was in 
the educational system, but in her neighborhood and Christian 
community. She is someone who is admired, loved and respected for how 
she speaks the truth of the matters at hand.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mrs. 
Olealia Bradshaw for being an unsung hero to others in the Mississippi 
Delta.

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