[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                  TRIBUTE TO GLORIA MARGARET GILLESPIE

 Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
a Kentuckian who recently passed away after a long-battle with cancer. 
Ms. Gloria Margaret Gillespie was a friend to many on Capitol Hill. She 
worked as a hairdresser in the United States Senate, cutting the hair 
of many Members of Congress and staff, including a few of my own. You 
could always count on Gloria being in a good mood. Her great smile and 
southern charm lit up the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building. 
During her years on the Hill, she made many friends, including her 
fellow colleagues in the Senate Barber Shop who have many fond memories 
of Gloria. We all grew to love her, and she will be missed.
  For 29 years, Gloria worked as a hairdresser in the beauty salon that 
served the Senate. My staff loved going to see her because they said 
she had magic scissors, great stories, and a wonderful southern accent. 
I loved to hear about their conversations with Gloria, and how she 
loved Kentucky and her family and friends back home in Berea. She made 
my staff feel right at home in her barber chair. Gloria kept them 
informed on what was going on back home. She enjoyed talking about 
Berea, and her true love, the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Gloria 
was one of the biggest Wildcat fans on Capitol Hill, and it was always 
a treat to hear her stories the day after a big game. Gloria loved the 
Cats, and if you ever wanted to know anything about them, she was the 
one to ask.
  Before moving to Capitol Hill, Gloria attended Eastern Kentucky 
University in Richmond, KY, and eventually she ended up in beauty 
school. After finishing beauty school, she decided to pack her bags and 
leave Kentucky for the Nation's Capitol. Once arriving in Washington, 
she landed a job in the U.S. Senate beauty salon where she cut the hair 
of Senators and their staffs.
  Gloria is survived by her parents C.H. and Mary Frances Gillespie of 
Berea, and many family and friends in Kentucky and here in Washington, 
DC. I ask that my colleagues in the Senate, many of whom spent a lot of 
time in her chair, join me in honoring the memory of Gloria Margaret 
Gillespie. She was an outstanding Kentuckian, and she will be 
missed.

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