[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25967]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                 A TRIBUTE TO AMELIA MARY HALLE HINKLEY

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                           HON. BILL McCOLLUM

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 2, 2000

  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to Amelia Hinckley, of 
Warner Robins, Georgia, who passed away on September 22, 2000. Amelia, 
or Amy as she was known to her friends and family, was born in West 
Palm Beach, Florida on December 29, 1962, to Roger and Phyllis Halle.
  She graduated from Stetson University in Deland, Florida, in 1984 
with a double major in History and Spanish. On December 29, 1984, Amy 
married James Hinckley, also a Stetson graduate. Amy was a talented and 
dedicated educator. She began her teaching career in Texas, where she 
taught English as a second language to disadvantaged children of inner-
city Dallas, Texas.
  After several years, she and Jim moved to Florida where she nurtured 
new immigrant children in Central Florida. Amy loved every minute of 
her work. When her husband got a job as the junior high school band 
teacher in Warner Robins, Amy found a home at the Stratford Academy in 
Macon, Georgia, where she taught Spanish to high school students for 
nearly nine years.
  Amy was a kind and loving woman, who was very involved in her 
community. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Warner Robins, 
where she was active as a pianist for the Praise Band and also served 
as their organist. Amy was an avid traveler--organizing and chaperoning 
annual trips to Spain and France with her Stratford students. The 
itinerary for those trips always included lots of learning and lots of 
fun.
  Mr. Speaker, the state of Florida, the Stetson graduating Class of 
1984, and the community of Warner Robins will miss Amelia Mary Halle 
Hinckley and the wonderful contributions she made to everyone she 
touched.

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