[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 77 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO MS. EARNESTINE RASBERRY

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 9, 2019

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize 
and honor the life of Ms. Earnestine Rasberry who was affectionately 
known by her family, friends and loved-ones as ``Mommy''. Ms. Rasberry 
was born on December 15, 1940 in Edwards, Mississippi, to the late 
Genella Jones and Floyd Hopkins, Sr. She accepted Christ at an early 
age while living in Mississippi and later moved to Chicago while a 
teenager. In April of 1965 she and Mr. Moses Rasberry were united in 
holy matrimony. Earnestine enrolled in Malcom X College and earned and 
Associates of Science Degree in Nursing and began her nursing a career 
at Cook County Hospital where she worked for many years and then 
retired from Hartgrove Hospital in 2005. Her nursing career spanned for 
fifty years. Fifty years of looking after and caring for others. In 
addition to nursing, Earnestine had strong interests in traveling and 
cooking. A few of her favorite destinations included Alaska, Antarctica 
and China. The highlight of one of her many excursions was meeting 
Grammy Award winning Gerald Levert. Earnestine knew her way around the 
kitchen and hosted many holiday meals for family and friends. Cooking 
was one of her ways she expressed her love. Earnestine was the 
matriarch of her family and was instrumental. All of you should be 
comforted by these words. And I say ``let not your heart be troubled, 
you who believe in God, also believe in Earnestine. Her father's house 
has many rooms; if it was not so, would I not have told you so. She is 
gone to prepare a place for you, and where she is, you will be there 
also. And if she goes and prepares a place for you, she will come back 
and take you to be with her and you will be where she is. You know the 
way to the place where she is going.'' You can go where she is.

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