[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 CONGRATULATING GERTRUDE PAULINE WHITENER MILBURN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. CHUCK EDWARDS

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 10, 2025

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Gertrude 
Pauline Whitener Milburn on turning 100 years old later this week on 
March 14th.
  Gertrude Pauline Whitener Milburn was born on March 14, 1925, and 
grew up in a small textile community known as Brookford, located in 
Hickory, North Carolina She had two brothers and a sister.
  Gertrude met Bill Milburn while he was serving in the Navy during 
World War II, and they married in December 1945 after his discharge. 
They had two children, Patricia Milburn Link and Randolph Lee Milburn, 
and lived in Lincolnton, North Carolina, until 1967, when they moved to 
Lake Norman.
  Gertrude spent her entire career in the textile industry. She is the 
proud grandmother of four, with ten great-grandchildren and five great-
great-grandchildren. She is not shy to be blunt and share her many 
years of wisdom with the younger generations.
  On behalf of all of Western North Carolina, I congratulate Gertrude.

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