[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 118 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E650-E651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING JULIA ANDREWS ON HER 95TH BIRTHDAY

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 2023

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a 
devoted wife, dedicated mother, and outstanding public servant, Mrs. 
Julia Andrews. An event celebrating her 95th birthday was held on 
Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Arlington 
Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
  Mrs. Andrews is a native of Dougherty County, Georgia and she has 
given her life's work in service to her country. She dedicated 34 years 
working to support America's national security as a civilian employee 
at the Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base. While she was providing 
outstanding service at the base, she did not do so alone; when Mrs. 
Andrews began her tenure in 1954, she joined her husband, Goliath 
Andrews, in service there who began his own 35-year career at the 
Albany Marine Corps Logistics Base in 1952. Truly, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews 
exemplified patriotism and a sense of service to which all Americans 
aspire.
  It has been said that ``Service is the rent that we pay for the space 
that we occupy here on this earth.'' Mrs. Answers has paid her rent and 
she has paid it well. Her commitment to service is evident both in her 
career and in her retirement when she continued to seek out ways to 
serve her community and her country. A lifetime voting Democrat, Mrs. 
Andrews has been an endearing and familiar face to the residents of 
Dougherty County during election season. Year after year, Mrs. Andrews 
happily served as an election volunteer, working to help the citizens 
of Dougherty County successfully execute their civic duty. While 
exercising that civic duty, Mrs. Andrews' fellow citizens enjoyed and 
benefited from her warmth, kindness, and zeal. Undoubtedly, those 
qualities of hers have touched the lives of many whom she has 
volunteered to assist and has strengthened our democracy in a multitude 
of quiet but powerful and important ways.
  Mrs. Andrews is a woman after God's own heart. She is a member of the 
Greater Third Kiokee Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. She has been 
and continues to be a stalwart of that Church, having become a member 
82 years ago in 1941. The model of Christian virtue that she 
demonstrates by the way she lives her life has surely touched the lives 
of so many people and has been an inspiration to generations of fellow 
members of the Greater Third Kiokee Baptist Church. She truly embodies 
the words of Acts 9:36: ``She was abounding in good deeds and acts of 
charity.''
  Mrs. Andrews has accomplished many things in her life, but none of 
these would have been possible without her faith, the love and support 
of her husband, Goliath Andrews, and their 4 children, Vincent Andrews, 
Cynthia Buckley, Janice Thomas, and the late Larry Andrews.
  Mrs. Andrews is the proud matriarch of a loving and growing family 
that now spans

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across several generations. Many members of that family lovingly came 
to Arlington, Virginia on June 17, 2023, to celebrate her. I have no 
doubt that they would not have missed the chance to celebrate her for 
the world.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join my wife, Vivian, and I along 
with the more than 765,000 people of the Second Congressional District 
in extending our sincerest appreciation and best wishes to Mrs. Julia 
Andrews on her 95th Birthday and for her phenomenal service to God and 
Humankind. May God continue to bless her and her family.

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