[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 54 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E301-E302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO MRS. CLEO JACKSON WILLIAMS

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 28, 2022

  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a mother, 
grandmother, homemaker, dedicated church goer, and longtime resident of 
South Carolina. On Saturday, April 2nd family and friends of Mrs. Cleo 
Jackson Williams, will gather to celebrate her 100th birthday. Mrs. 
Jackson Williams was born on April 5, 1922 in the Centreville Community 
of Hartsville, to Mr. and Mrs. Boykin Jackson, Sr.
  A jewel in the Hartsville community for nearly a Century, Mrs. 
Williams graduated from Hartsville Butler High School. She later 
married the late Hercules Williams, with whom she shared three 
children: Carolyn, Ted, and Doris. Although Mrs. Williams was unable to 
attend college, she recognized the importance of education. She made 
every effort to set her children on a path towards higher education, 
providing opportunities for Carolyn to study nursing, Ted to obtain a 
degree from Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina, and Doris to 
receive her degree from Claflin University in Orangeburg, South 
Carolina.
  Mrs. Williams has always been the consummate homemaker. She took care 
of the children, prepared meals for the family and worked in her garden 
as her husband operated a farm. A woman with a benevolent heart, she 
would make sure that the people who worked on her husband's farm, 
located three miles outside of Hartsville at Lees Crossroads, were well 
fed.
  Mrs. Williams showed true strength and resilience when her husband's 
health began to fail, and he could no longer oversee the farm. She went 
to work at the Fifth Street Dry Cleaners and was later employed at 
Legg's Hosiery Corporation from which she retired after 20 years of 
dedicated service.
  Mrs. Williams is a woman of great faith, and the church plays an 
important part in her life. As a child, the entire Jackson family 
attended Centerville AME Church. After her marriage, she became a 
member of Kingsville United Methodist Church where she served on 
several ministries. She lives by the golden rule as Luke 6:31 instructs 
us, ``Do unto others as you would have them do to you.''
  Mrs. Williams is known by family and friends for her delicious sweet 
potato pies; and is affectionately known as ``Mrs. Cleo,'' ``Aunt 
Cleo,'' ``Grandma Cleo,'' and ``Mother.'' She has five grandchildren 
and seven great grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you and our colleagues to join me in wishing 
centenarian Mrs. Cleo Jackson Williams a heartfelt happy birthday. She 
has led a life of being an inspiration to her family and friends while 
serving many others in her community. I extend sincere congratulations 
on reaching this significant milestone and offer best wishes for many 
more happy and healthy days.

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