[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E84-E85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DARLENE HATCHER

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 24, 2019

  Mr. HASTINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
legacy of Ms. Darlene Hatcher. Darlene was so many things to so many 
people: a committed mother, loving daughter, fiance, sister, 
grandmother, aunt, and co-worker. She was a very strong family woman 
and a staple of our community for all of her professional life.
  After graduating from Jupiter High School in Florida, she received 
her Associate of Arts degree from Palm Beach Atlantic Community

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College and her Bachelors in Business Administration from the 
University of Miami. Darlene initially worked as a coordinator for the 
Radiology department at Good Samaritans Hospital for 15 years, where 
she was able to display her passion for helping people in need. She 
then followed her desire to aid her community when she moved to work at 
Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as their Community 
Redevelopment Director, where she had served for the last ten plus 
years. Darlene's hard work and dedication will always be remembered by 
her co-workers.
  Darlene's commitment to community work did not stop at the CRA. She 
loved volunteering and was the president of the Limestone Creek 
Community group, a non-for-profit advocacy organization with a primary 
focus on improving, protecting and promoting civic, cultural and 
recreational community interests.
  Madam Speaker, Darlene will be remembered by the many people she 
touched in her 44 years of life. She held herself to the highest 
standards, and always encouraged others to be successful contributing 
members of society, in whatever way that could be. Fond memories of her 
will forever remain with her parents, Willie and Pearline, her fiance, 
David Coley, and her two children, Johnathan and Shatoria, as well as 
her two grandchildren, Noah and Jeremiah. I offer my deepest 
condolences to her entire family during this time of great sadness. She 
was truly a blessing to our community, and I am pleased to honor her 
memory today. She will be dearly missed.

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