[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 177 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING MRS. PENNY HARTSFIELD WHITE ON HER RETIREMENT AS SUPERVISOR 
OF THE 4TH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF THE AFRICAN 
                       METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 26, 2023

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
exceptional service of Mrs. Penny Hartsfield White, 4th Episcopal 
District Supervisor of the Women's Missionary Society of the African 
Methodist Episcopal Church. The 4th Episcopal District is headquartered 
in the 7th Congressional District of Illinois.
  Penny is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, and the fifth of nine 
siblings, six girls and three boys. Her father, the late Richard Allen 
Hartsfield, Sr., was the Assistant County Agent, and her mother, the 
late Mrs. Mamie S. Hartsfield, was an elementary educator and a staff 
member of Florida A. & M. University. Penny, along with her family, 
grew up in Fountain Chapel A.M.E. Church in Tallahassee where she 
participated in the Youth Choir and the YPD'ers (Young People and 
Children's Division).


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  On October 26, 2023, page E1023, in the second column, the 
following appeared: where she pallicipated in the Youth Choir and
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: where she 
participated in the Youth Choir and


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  Under Episcopal Supervisor Penny Hartsfield White's leadership, the 
members of the Women's Missionary Society have grown in their mission 
focus. Episcopal Supervisor Penny is intentional about ensuring the 
missionaries bless organizations that serve ``the least of these.'' 
Donations of diapers, clothing, socks, coats, toiletries, toys, and 
funds are just a sampling of the ways the missionaries have an impact.
  Penny's service to her community is rich and extensive, including 
serving: with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami; as Chair and 
Co-Chair of United Way Campaigns: as a Co-Chair for multiple March of 
Dimes sub-committees; on Committees within the American Cancer Society; 
as Treasurer for the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Trustee Council; 
with the Chamber as they travelled to Brazil and South Africa to foster 
working relationships between countries; and as an officer of the Fort 
Lauderdale Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Penny currently serves 
as a Board Member of the Black Women's Agenda, Inc.
  During her tenure, Episcopal Supervisor Penny Hartsfield White 
spearheaded the project to build a home for a pastor in Africa when she 
learned he needed a place to live. She led the construction of a 
commercial kitchen in the public library in Pembroke, Illinois, to 
ensure the community had a suitable gathering place. She also 
coordinated the purchase of sewing machines for widowed women in India 
so they could make items to sell to support their families.
  I join with members of the 4th Episcopal District of the African 
Methodist Episcopal Church and the global community to thank Mrs. Penny 
Hartsfield White for her exceptional service to the church and our 
nation. I wish her health and happiness in her weIl-deserved 
retirement.

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