[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF HELEN DRAMER JARRELL

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 24, 2025

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
birthday of Helen Dramer Jarrell. Helen will turn 100 years old on July 
3rd.
  Helen Dramer Jarrell was born the eighth child of the nine children 
Ida Mae and Walter Hubert Waldrop on July 3, 1925. Helen had two 
sisters and six brothers.
  On January 16, 1943, Helen married Efton Harrison. They were blessed 
with a baby girl, Helen Diane, on November 20, 1943. In 1945, Helen and 
Efton divorced, and she raised Diane on her own. On June 10, 1948. 
Helen remarried after meeting Jim Jarrell at work at the cotton mill. 
They were married for 55 years until Jim passed away in 2003.
  Helen has always had a servant's heart. She cared for her mother 
until her passing and worked for many years at the Mary Brandon Nursing 
Home in Oxford, Alabama, as a nurse's aide. Helen has two 
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and eight great-great 
grandchildren. After retiring from the nursing home, Helen helped raise 
her great-grandchildren and later helped at the Senior Center until she 
retired at 90 years old.
  On March 13, 2011, her daughter passed away. In December, she moved 
into the Oxford House Apartments. She has made many friends in the past 
14 years. She enjoys playing dominoes and exercising. Helen is a woman 
of faith and loves her family deeply.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Helen on this milestone 
and wishing her a very happy 100th birthday.

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