[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 143 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE OF NANCY PARKER BOYD

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 9, 2019

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize the life of Nancy Parker Boyd.
  Nancy was born in Opelika, Alabama, on July 27, 1966 to Bill and 
Patsy Parker. She graduated from Opelika High School and was the first 
African American Miss OHS. Nancy also graduated with honors from the 
University of Alabama College of Communications Information Sciences 
with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1988.
  Nancy was a five-time Emmy Award winning journalist, received five 
Edward R. Murrow awards and numerous Associated Press awards for her 
reporting and documentary work.
  She began her interest in journalism in high school where she wrote 
for the Mainstreet Gazette and was an anchor on the WJHO radio station. 
She spent time working in the late Congressman Bill Nichols' press 
office and then started her first job in television in 1989. She worked 
for WTVM in Columbus, Georgia, WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama, and spent 
over 20 years at WVUE in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  Nancy was married to Glynn Boyd and had three children: Parker, Piper 
and Pierce.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in remembering the life of Nancy Parker 
Boyd.

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