[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E204-E205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING CHRYSTAL WILLIAMS-DAVIS

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable hero, Mrs. Chrystal Williams-Davis.
   Chrystal was born August 27, 1971, to the late Emma Turner Williams 
in Marks, Mississippi. She was the last born of 10 children. She 
attended schools in Quitman County and graduated from Quitman County 
High School in 1989.
   Immediately after graduating high school, she enlisted in the United 
States Army and was deployed in 1990 to Operation Desert Shield where 
she was in the Persian Gulf for one year serving during Operation 
Desert Shield/Storm. She received the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the 
Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, The Army Commendation Medal, and 
The National Defense Medal. Chrystal served a total of ten years in the 
United States Army Reserve.
   Chrystal returned home from Desert Storm and attained her 
certificate in Practical Nursing from Northwest Community college in 
1995. Upon completion of Practical Nursing school, her mother Emma 
passed away suddenly. Chrystal was sad but remembered how proud her 
mother was of her accomplishment, and that gave her great comfort and 
pushed her even harder. She worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for 
five years and decided it was time to advance her career in nursing. 
She then attended Mississippi Delta Community College where she 
obtained her Associate Degree in Nursing in 2005. She worked as an 
Intensive Care RN for several years and decided once again that she 
wanted to have the ability to do more for her patients after seeing

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how chronic diseases affected her community. She obtained her 
Bachelors' Degree in Nursing with honors from Chamberlain College of 
Nursing in 2010 and her Master of Science degree in Nursing with honors 
from Walden University as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2014, She has 
been employed with a rural health clinic, Northeast Mississippi Health 
Care, providing primary care to residents in Mississippi who might 
otherwise not be able to afford care. Chrystal has worked in various 
settings in the nursing field. She has worked with Special Needs 
adults, Women's Health, Medical Surgical Nursing, Emergency Room, 
Infection Control Nursing, Home Health, and Hospice. In her spare time, 
she provides nurse consulting. Outside of work, she is very active in 
her community, where she participates in community activism and 
provides health education in various settings. Her passion is for the 
education of young women on self-esteem.
   Chrystal is married to Davie Davis, and they have three children: 
Chelsea, Jamaal and Dawoud. Chrystal gives her mother Emma all the 
credit for her ability to be a loving mother, sister, and aunt. Her 
mother Emma raised her to; ``Do her best at whatever she decides to do, 
but always remain humble and give God praise in everything.'' Her 
family and friends are very important in her life.
   Chrystal has been a faithful member of the Nation of Islam for over 
twenty-five years; a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 
Incorporated; a member of various nursing leadership organizations; 
and, she is an active participant in all of these organizations.
   Chrystal's leadership, passion, dedication, endurance, 
dependability, and service has made her synonymous with being one of 
the best, if not the best Nurse Practitioner in Mississippi. She is 
often praised by her patients for going above and beyond the call of 
duty to ensure that they receive the most competent health care 
services. Chrystal is recognized for her service to God, her family, 
her country, her community, and the people that seek her help.
   Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing 
Chrystal Williams-Davis, Family Nurse Practitioner, for her dedication 
to serving this great state and country.

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