[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 66 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E408]
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             IN HONOR OF EDITH BETTIS ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. TIM BURCHETT

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 16, 2021

  Mr. BURCHETT. Madam Speaker, today, I recognize longtime East 
Tennessee resident Edith Bettis as she celebrates her 100th birthday.
  Edith was born in Oconaluftee, North Carolina to Arthur and Ellen 
Chambers on April 16, 1921. She lived in Smokemont, North Carolina 
until age 11 when her family's land was made part of the Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park. She then moved to Sweetwater, Tennessee where 
she attended high school.
  After briefly attending school in Oak Ridge, she moved to Detroit, 
Michigan to help with the war effort. During World War II, Edith worked 
on airplanes as a riveter, and after the war, she returned to East 
Tennessee to work in a Lenoir City hosiery mill.
  Edith married her late husband, Clarence, in May of 1947, and they 
had 4 children: Janis, Charles, Nancy and Rickey. They were later 
blessed with 6 grandchildren and 4 greatgrandchildren.
  It's my honor to wish Edith a happy 100th birthday and, on behalf of 
Tennessee's Second Congressional District, congratulate her on becoming 
a centenarian.

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