[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING ALLIE D. FOSTER JACKSON

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 16, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Mrs. Allie D. Foster Jackson. Allie was born 
August 4, 1927 in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
  Mrs. Jackson confessed Christ at an early age and joined Wesley 
United Methodist Church in Kosciusko, Mississippi and later became a 
lifelong member of Anderson United Methodist Church. While at Anderson, 
she served as the church pianist, organist, coordinator of the annual 
Christmas and Easter presentations.
  She graduated from Piney Woods High School and received her B.S. 
degree in Education from Jackson State College. She further attended 
Atlanta University and Indiana University to specialize in 
librarianship. Mrs. Jackson's teaching career spanned over 33 years and 
included English, band, choir and library science. After retiring from 
the Jackson Public School System, she volunteered at Tougaloo College 
in their College Library System where she received the Volunteer of the 
Year Award in 2001.
  She leaves to cherish her memory two siblings and three sister-in-
laws: Mary Virginia Ukegbu Kosciusko, Mississippi and Charles (Faye) 
Foster, Jackson, Mississippi; Bessie L. Foster, Kosciusko, Mississippi 
and Betty Foster, Atlanta, Georgia; a son, Embra K. Jackson, Jr. 
(Rosia), Starkville, Mississippi; grandchildren: Keith Payne, Kevin 
(Sandy) Payne, and Krystal Payne, Embra K. Jackson, III (Suyapa), Ebony 
K. Nance (Chris), Emmanuel K. Jackson (Ashley) and Katelyn Jackson; 15 
great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the late 
Mrs. Allie D. Foster Jackson.

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