[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE OF JENIFER JEAN WRIGHT JOHNSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 8, 2022

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
today to recognize the life of Jenifer Jean Wright Johnson. Jean passed 
away on February 6th, 2022.
  Jean was born on January 25, 1938, in Roanoke, Alabama. She attended 
classes at Jacksonville Teachers College on the GI Bill and met her 
husband, Earl ``PeeWee'' Johnson at a school dance.
  The two were married on March 5th, 1957, at West Side Baptist Church. 
They were blessed with four children.
  After Jean graduated college, she worked as a substitute teacher. She 
took a job at Johnston Junior High in Anniston as the physical 
education teacher responsible also for the cheerleaders and girls' 
sports teams.
  A few years later, she was approached by church elders and city 
council members from Jacksonville to start a low-income day care 
program. She worked to help raise funding to update the former Eastwood 
High School as well as working with the State of Alabama help secure 
funding.
  On September 30, 1970, the Jacksonville Day Care Center opened and 
also created a summer program. Jean took over as Director of East 
Alabama Child Development Centers and was responsible for over 20 day 
care centers across 11 counties.
  Jean had a heart for children and a great love for accessories. She 
will be missed.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing Jean's life of service.

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