[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING DEBORAH ANN ASHLEY AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL 
                   FLORIDA FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 21, 2024

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, Deborah Ann Ashley was born in Kissimmee, 
Florida. She attended public schools in Osceola County and graduated 
from Osceola High School.
  After graduation, she was employed by the Osceola County School 
District as a classroom teacher assistant and later worked in retail at 
Zayre department store. Deborah is currently employed with the City of 
Kissimmee Police Department, rising from clerk technician to 
administrative assistant III.
  Deborah served as president of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 
Unified Mission Ministry, is the director of the Mass Choir, and works 
with the youth department. She served as president of the Senior Women 
Ministry in Congress #2 and holds the honor of third vice president of 
the Senior Women Ministry in the First South Florida Missionary Baptist 
District Association.
  Deborah loves singing and has a passion for service, mission 
outreach, feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked. She demonstrated 
her passion by implementing an Annual Free Market that provided 
necessities to those in need in the community.
  Deborah's passion for service flowed over to her job at the Kissimmee 
Police Department. She participated in the Relay for Life Breast Cancer 
Walk, was the organizer of the Christmas Angel Tree Projects, and the 
coordinator of the United Way Bowl-a-Thon for the City of Kissimmee.
  While employed with the police department, Deborah received 
recognitions for Secretary of the Year, Support Person of the Year, 
Administrative Secretary of the Year, and the Chief's Award. In 
Christian service, Deborah received a Certificate of Completion from 
the Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Bible Academy and 
Recognition for Outstanding Service and Ministry Leadership Award.
  Deborah Ashley is the proud mother of three children, grandmother of 
six, and great-grandmother of two.
  Deborah will retire on March 29, 2024, after 32 years and three 
months of dedicated service with the City of Kissimmee Police 
Department.

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