[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         DR. ROGER D. WILLMORE

  (Mr. RILEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RILEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome Dr. Roger Willmore 
from Calhoun County, Alabama, to our Nation's Capitol to perform a 
sacred and time-honored tradition. Congress begins each day with a 
prayer, and to have a fellow Alabamian deliver it this morning makes 
everyone back home very proud, especially the members of the First 
Baptist Church in Weaver, Alabama.
  He has been pastor there since 1995. He is a graduate of Samford 
University in Birmingham and Jacksonville State University in 
Jacksonville, Alabama.
  Dr. Willmore also holds masters and doctorate degrees from Luther 
Rice Seminary in Jacksonville, Florida.
  Since becoming a Southern Baptist pastor in 1971, Dr. Willmore has 
served both at home and abroad, performing missionary work in South 
America and Africa. He has taught at Kiev Christian University in the 
Ukraine. Dr. Willmore is married to Sandra Carroll of Arab, Alabama; 
and together they are the proud parents of one son, Steven Andrew.
  In his prayer, Dr. Willmore asked God to give Congress wisdom and 
guidance so it can lead our Nation to a bright and blessed future. Mr. 
Speaker, I encourage all of us to work together today and every day so 
that the hopes and aspirations in that prayer will become a reality.

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