[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 187 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING SAMUEL L. WASHINGTON

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 2, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
tenacious and self-motivated leader, Samuel ``Sam'' Washington. Sam has 
had a fascination for aviation since he was young and had his sights 
set on the skies.
  Sam grew up on a farm northwest of Yazoo City, MS. After being 
educated in the Humphreys County School System in Belzoni, he attended 
Mississippi Valley State University for two years before finishing his 
degree in management at Delta State University in 1986. After college, 
he spent a brief tour with the U.S. Air Force. After he persevered and 
pursued education, this prepared him for his current job as Director of 
the Greenville Mid-Delta Airport. In 2003, Sam took a job as director 
of purchasing at DSU. While there, he took the opportunity of free 
tuition for employees to earn two master's degrees, one in business and 
the other in commercial aviation. In 2010, he left to open his own 
consulting firm.
  Sam became a management instructor in the aviation department at DSU 
and worked part-time with the Vicksburg Municipal Airport. After that, 
he took his present job at the Greenville Mid-Delta Airport in 2018.
  The other person, other than his wife, Barbara, that he respects 
most, is his father, Clinton Washington, Jr. He is who Sam aspire to be 
as a man.
  Sam is Pastor of Cornerstone Christian Worship Center in Cleveland, 
MS, where he not only preaches, but takes care of the property. That 
combined with home projects does not leave a lot of time for other 
activities. Although he doesn't get to do a lot of flying, that is his 
number one hobby.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Sam 
Washington for his dedication to advocacy for airport economic 
improvements and his selfless service to the Greenville Mid Delta 
Airport and the Mississippi Delta Region.

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