[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                  HONORING THE LATE BARBARA PREE LEWIS

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 15, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
late Barbara Pree Lewis, an awesome leader, who left such an amazing 
legacy and memories behind in Fayette, MS.
  Barbara Pree Lewis was born January 26, 1950, to Josie Mae and Lloyd 
Pree. She peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, September 28, 
2022, at Rocky Hollow Lake House in Georgetown, Texas.
  Barbara received her formal education through the Jefferson County 
School District in Fayette, Mississippi, where she graduated from 
Liddell High School in the class of 1968. Thereafter, she attended and 
graduated from Alcorn State University in 1972. As a lifelong learner, 
she received a Master's Degree from Alcorn State University and a 
second Master's Degree from Delta State University. Along with two 
master's degrees, she continued to enhance her education by receiving a 
Specialist Degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. As an 
educator, she served as a middle school English and reading teacher in 
Ashland, Mississippi and Fayette, Mississippi.
  Barbara also served as a high school English teacher, assistant 
principal, curriculum director, and high school principal all in the 
Jefferson County School District. In July 2014, she retired from the 
education profession with 42 years of service.
  In 2006, Barbara joined Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, an 
organization of educated women through their membership selection 
process.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
late, Barbara Pree Lewis, for her passion, dedication and leadership 
she left behind in the Jefferson County School District.

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