[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             HONORING ANNA MAE LYNCH ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 5, 1999

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Anna Mae Francis 
Lynch on her 100th birthday. Anna Mae was born on October 5, 1899 in 
northern Arkansas.
  As a child, Anna taught herself to read and write before she started 
school. Anna went to the fields and worked side by side with her 
family, chopping cotton, pulling weeds from the cornfields, milking 
cows and picking cotton by hand.
  On February 25, 1916 at the age of 16, Anna married James Elmer Lynch 
secretly by the Justice of the Peace, in the woods, after attending a 
church singing. From this union, seven sons were born; six of the seven 
served with honor in World War II.
  In 1921, Anna and her family came to Coalinga to work and prosper in 
the oil fields. Then came the great depression and the oil fields 
closed down. The family headed back to Arkansas and then Texas, but 
returned to Coalinga to labor in the cotton fields of Rancher Johnny 
Conn of Coalinga.


  Anna was a mother, homemaker, a Bible school and singing teacher, and 
highly interested in Republican politics. Anna now resides in Coalinga.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Anna Mae Lynch for her hard work and 
dedication to her family. I urge my colleagues to join me in wishing 
Anna many more years of continued success.

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