[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1714-E1715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THE LIFE OF REBECCA MAY WOOD STRINGER HOLBERT

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 20, 2018

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the life of 
Rebecca May Wood Stringer Holbert.
  She was born on April 6, 1929, in Decatur, Alabama. Her father 
relocated his dental practice in 1936 and moved his wife and six 
children to a former boarding home on South Jackson Street in 
Montgomery. In 1937, she joined Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
  Her early education began at Alabama State Laboratory High School and 
Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina. She graduated 
from Booker T. Washington High School in Montgomery. She received a 
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education in 1956 and

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Master of Education, AA certification, in 1973 from Alabama State 
University.
  As an educator, she taught at North Highland School, Prattville 
Intermediate School and Autauga County Training School System. She 
later taught at Central Alabama OIC under the leadership of Mrs. 
Consuella Harper.
  As an active member of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 
she was a member of the Young Matrons under the pastorate of Rev. 
Martin Luther King, Jr., the sanctuary choir, The Red Circle, a Sunday 
School teacher, The April Club and Vacation Bible School for over 50 
years.
  She was involved in Les Voguettes and ISTAP (I Support the Athletic 
Program) at Alabama State University.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring the life of Rebecca May Wood 
Stringer Holbert.

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