[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 166 (Friday, September 24, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND SERVICE OF ERICKA EDWARDS JONES

  (Mr. CARTER of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
remember and mourn the life of a dear friend and sister, Ericka Edwards 
Jones of Algiers, Louisiana.
  She lived a life of service and activism throughout her 48 years of 
life, as a longtime employee of the parish courts, and staffer of 
former Congressman William J. Jefferson, and as chief deputy of 2nd 
City Court under the leadership of clerk Darren Lombard. She served 
with compassion and honor.
  She thoroughly enjoyed politics, but, most importantly, public 
service. She was an incredible wife, mother, daughter, and friend. We 
will sorely miss her incredible smile, her leadership, her compassion 
for service.
  She had a smile that would light up the room. Ericka was passionate, 
and compassionate, and generous to a fault.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her, our families, and the community 
on this tragic loss of a true public servant.
  Ericka, we will miss you, but your fingerprints will long live in the 
great works that you leave behind.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her family, with all that knew her, 
and all that will remember her forever.
  We will miss you deeply.

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