[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E716-E717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN HONOR OF MARY GRADY BURNETTE KOONCE

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                          HON. GEORGE HOLDING

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 23, 2018

  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
life of Mary Grady Burnette Koonce.
  Mary Grady was born in Raleigh on January 4, 1935. She graduated from 
Saint Mary's School in Raleigh in 1954 and went on to receive a degree 
in Journalism in 1956 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She worked in 
public relations for Meredith College and then at the Raleigh Times as 
a court reporter.
  Mr. Speaker, in 1957, Mary Grady won the North Carolina Press Women 
First Place Award and also received the Tar Heel Writers Roundtable 
First Place prize for juvenile fiction. She enjoyed freelancing as a 
journalist, writing short stories and poetry.
  When not writing, Mary Grady was actively involved in her community. 
She was a North Carolina Museum of Art docent, Bal de Mer Co-Chair, 
Treasurer of the Guild; and also Saint Mary's School Parents' Council 
Vice Chair and Vice President of the Friends of the Library. She was a 
member of the Raleigh Fine Arts Guild, the Junior League of Raleigh, 
Hayes Barton United Methodist Church Chancel Committee, and North 
Carolina Museum of History Associates Wake County Committee.
  Regrettably, Mary Grady Burnette Koonce passed away on April 25 this 
year in Raleigh at the age of 83. She was a kind and graceful wife, 
mother, daughter, grandmother, and friend who loved time with her 
children and grandchildren. And she will be missed.

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