[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF HATTIE WHITE

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 22, 2022

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the life of 
Hattie White, a long-time resident of Southwest Detroit in Michigan's 
13th District Strong, on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday.
  Mother Hattie White was born on February 23, 1922, in Eutaw, Alabama, 
and later moved to River Rouge, Michigan, at the age of thirteen. She 
married the love of her life, Albert James White in 1946. They were 
married for 52 years and raised their seven children in the River Rouge 
and Southwest Detroit communities with love and instilling an ethic of 
responsibility and kindness towards others. In 1967, Mother White and 
her husband started a community church, Love Joy Missionary Baptist 
Church in River Rouge, which cemented her role a matriarch of our 
community.
  Over the past eight decades, Mother White has brought so much joy to 
her neighbors, church home, and the neighborhood as a whole. She is the 
proud grandmother of 17 children, great-grandmother of 42, great-great-
grandmother of 11, an aunt, and loving friend. Mother White shines 
bright in the community and is known for her unique sense of style and 
her warm and welcoming personality. She enjoys spending time with her 
family, walking, dancing, and cooking.
  Please join me in wishing a happy 100th birthday to Mother Hattie 
White. To know her is to love her.