[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO JESSE FAYE FIELDS

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                         HON. MICHAEL G. OXLEY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2002

  Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to commemorate the life, 
community service, and family devotion of Jesse Faye Fields, the mother 
of my good friend and former congressional colleague, Jack Fields, Jr. 
Mrs. Fields recently passed away at the age of 76. With her late 
husband, Mrs. Fields owned and operated Rosewood Funeral Homes and 
Cemeteries in Humble, TX, for several decades. Together they built the 
business into one of the most successful cemeteries in the area. They 
had a special ability to comfort and console others in their time of 
need.
  Mrs. Fields was a true child of Texas. She was born in Pearsall, TX, 
and graduated from Aldine High School. The eldest child in her family, 
she helped raise her siblings after her father died when she was 9. 
Nothing in her life was more important to her than her family. An 
example of her loving spirit can be found in her custom of cooking 
dinner for her family and other relatives after church each Sunday.
  Mrs. Fields touched numerous lives through Rosewood. But she touched 
even more as a respected citizen of the community, church attendee, and 
as a family beacon. Her love and steady direction served as an 
inspiration to her children, and with Jack, made her the mother of an 
esteemed U.S. Congressman. Jesse Faye Fields will be remembered as a 
devoted wife, loving mother, and cherished citizen of her community.

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