[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 22 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF MARGIE AILEEN LITTLE RIGBY'S 90TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, February 5, 2021

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize the 90th 
birthday of my dear friend Margie Aileen Little Rigby.
  Margie was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and moved to 
Richmond, Virginia, when she was seven years old. After high school, 
Margie attended Trinity College in Clearwater, FL where she met her 
adoring husband, John William Rigby. Margie and John married and moved 
to Smiths Station, Alabama, where Margie still lives, surrounded by the 
joys of her life--her two kids, four grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren.
  Margie and John married in Richmond in 1952, where they began their 
65 years of ministry, inspiring others and helping to spread God's 
word, and ended their illustrious journey in 2010 at Philadelphia 
Baptist Church in Smiths Station, Alabama. John was diagnosed with 
cancer a month later and battled the disease for seven years before 
being welcomed in God's arms in 2017.
  Although Margie enjoyed being a schoolteacher, accountant and 
business owner, she felt most at home as a minister's wife. She taught 
children's church, new members, classes and Sunday school to so many 
people. Her spiritual gifts are teaching and writing, and she was a 
wonderful pastor's wife to many churches.
  What stands out most to many who know Margie is her God-given ability 
to help many in the ministry who needed the assistance in navigating 
the challenges of being a pastor's wife. For many years, she taught 
others how to minister to those who have lost loved ones, who are going 
through tough times and how to grow in their faith. Margie overcame 
difficult times herself, raising her children for nine years as John 
traveled the nation preaching God's word. Her exceptional children and 
loving family are a testament to her goodness and resilience as a 
mother, and they would be the first to call her a Hero.
  Madam Speaker, please join me, and so many adoring others, in 
celebrating Margie Aileen Little Rigby's 90th birthday.

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