[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 105 (Friday, June 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING THE LIFE OF ALIVEA COX

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Alivea 
Cox of Richmond Hill, Georgia, a kindhearted 14-year-old who passed 
away on June 4, hours after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
  We can all be inspired by her passion for life, exemplified in her 
hobbies and her ability to make everyone around her a little happier 
every day.
  Alivea was musically talented, playing the French horn, the trumpet, 
and the piano. Her middle school band teacher recognized her for both 
outstanding musical talent and outstanding character.
  Alivea cofounded a weekly prayer club for students modeled after 1 
Timothy 4:12.
  In a letter to a teacher, she mentioned important life lessons she 
learned: to be patient with yourself and others, and that bad days do 
not define you.
  I offer my deepest sympathy to her parents, her family, 
schoolteachers, and her friends.

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