[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E36]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF HAZEL F. WILSON

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                          HON. MARC A. VEASEY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2021

  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, Hazel F. Wilson taught school in Houston 
Independent School District from 1954 until 1968 and in Fort Worth from 
1969 until 1990. She earned two degrees from Texas Southern and 
remained an active alumnus of both TSU and Jack Yates High School. She 
was a board member of the South East Areas Churches (S.E.A.R.C.H) and 
volunteered for Sickle Cell Anemia Association, Cook Children's Medical 
Center and the Susan G. Kamen Cancer Center. Most of her time was 
divided between St. Mark Cumberland Presbyterian Church, NAACP, Greater 
Fort Worth Area Negro Business and Professional Women's Club and Zeta 
Phi Sorority, Psi Zeta Chapter.
  She was an ordained Elder of her church since 1984, a Southern Region 
Director for Zeta Phi Beta from 1965 to 1972, President of the Greater 
Fort Worth Area Negro Business and Professional Women's Club and has 
won countless honors and awards which include 1000 Volunteer Hours Pin 
from Cook Children's Medical Center. She was recognized as Outstanding 
Women of Zeta in 1980 and African American Legislative Summit Public 
Service Award in 2017.
  Hazel F. Wilson was founder of the Zeta Amicae Auxiliary of Fort 
Worth, Texas (Friends of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority) and Sponsor of the 
Amicae Auxiliary since its' inception in 1975. She was also the Co-
Founder of the Greater Fort Worth Area Negro BPW Club which started in 
August 1975. She worked within her community through several 
organizations, held many offices and received numerous awards and 
recognitions for her volunteerism, community involvement and activism.
  Her favorite quote was ``Do all the good you can, by all the means 
you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the 
times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.''--
John Wesley

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