[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25491]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                THELMA RIVERS CELEBRATES 115TH BIRTHDAY

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I 
recognize South Carolina's Thelma Frazier Rivers who will celebrate her 
115th birthday on Nov. 3. Mrs. Rivers was born in Darlington County in 
1885 and now lives in nearby Timmonsville in Florence County. She and 
her late husband, Horace, had 22 children and many of them, as well as 
plenty of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, will help her 
celebrate this remarkable occasion. Throughout her life, Mrs. Rivers 
has enjoyed working in her yard and serving at her church, Bethlehem 
Baptist, in Timmonsville. She was blessed with a beautiful singing 
voice which she has passed down to her children and grandchildren. She 
also has a flair for any kind of handiwork, including quilting, and she 
still enjoys sewing. ``Everyone in Timmonsville knows Thelma,'' one of 
her daughters explained, and rightly so; Mrs. Thelma Rivers is truly a 
treasure. My wife, Peatsy, and I wish her continued health and 
happiness and the most joyful of birthdays.

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