[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 121 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E945-E946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF WILLIE STROUD

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 18, 2019

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Willie 
Stroud, Jr. Willie, a 96-year old World War II Veteran, plans to attend 
his Webb, Rowell, Fielder and Lockhart Family Reunion at the end of 
July. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, in 1922 to Will Stroud Sr. and 
Ida Mae Rowell Stroud. Willie was inducted in the U.S. Army in 1943 and 
served until 1946. While in the 25th Infantry, he was a truck driver 
and Rifle Specialist. He received the American Theater Service and the 
World War II Victory Medals. With an honorable discharge, Willie, his 
siblings and his Mother migrated to Roseville, Michigan, and settled 
there after the Army.
  Willie worked as a truck driver for Roadway, making deliveries of 
freight throughout the United States and later worked in a steel mill 
in Detroit, Michigan. Later in life, he decided to become a business 
owner, buying a truck to become the beloved ``Vegetable Man'' in the 
blue truck on the east side of Detroit. He also owned and operated 
several fish markets on the eastside of Detroit and even has a secret 
batter for frying fish.
  Willie married several times and was blessed with several children: 
Arabelle (deceased), Rodger (deceased), Roscoe, Lany, Brenda (deceased) 
and Deborah Stroud. He currently resides with his daughter in 
Southfield, Michigan. He enjoys church, traveling, shopping, spending 
time with family during his yearly birthday bash and attending the 
Family Reunions over the years.
  Willie plans to attend the family picnic and banquet at the 
Loachapoka Enrichment Center, and church service at Mt Pelia Missionary 
Baptist Church in Camp Hill, Alabama. The Webb, Rowell, Fielder and 
Lockhart Family will also attend the Civil Rights Museum in Montgomery 
during the reunion at the end of the month.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing the life of Willie 
Stroud, Jr.

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