[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS MYRICKS

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 22, 2002

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
the life of Cornelius Myricks born April 25, 1926 in Montgomery, 
Alabama. During his younger years, Mr. Myricks served in the United 
States Navy for four years. After being honorably discharged from the 
Navy, he moved to Chicago, Illinois. It was then he became a member of 
Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church and ordained as a Deacon in 
1950. He served as the President of the Senior and Junior Usher Boards 
for many years and later as the Captain of the Usher Board and the 
Willing Workers Club Number Two. Mr. Myricks was an active member of 
the Metropolitan Baptist Church participating in duties as an usher. 
His favorite scripture was John 9:4, ``I must work the works of him 
that sent me, while it is day, the night cometh, when no man can 
work.''
  Mr. Myricks departed this life on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 9:32 
a.m., at the VA Westside Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is missed by 
his devoted wife, Thelma; one brother, Willie (Mattye) Myricks; 
sisters-in-law, Geraleme Myricks, McGrye Wright, Lucille Payne and 
Pearly Payne; brother-in-law, George Payne; two play sisters, Lonzie 
Johnson and Ernestine Lenard; nieces; nephews.
  Mr. Speaker, I extend my condolences to the family. May God bless his 
family.

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