[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21601]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO BISHOP EARNEST EUGENE BALTIMORE

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 9, 2003

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join 
me in recognizing Bishop Earnest Eugene Baltimore of Ranson, West 
Virginia. Bishop Baltimore passed away in 1999 after serving as senior 
pastor of King's Apostle Holiness Church of God for 51 years. On August 
17. 2003, Bishop Baltimore's achievements were recognized through the 
establishment of a scholarship fund in his honor and the placing of a 
memorial plague at Lancaster Circle in Ranson.
  Bishop Baltimore's accomplishments and dedication to the community 
are countless. Many remember him as the former President of the 
Jefferson County NAACP; President of the South Jefferson Ministerial 
Association, Vice President of the School of Hope, and Councilman and 
Member of the Sanitation and Finance Committees for the City of Ranson. 
He also served as a Board Member for the United Givers Fund and Free 
Our Citizens of Unhealthy Substance Abuse (FOCUS). Bishop Baltimore was 
also an active Board Member of the Jefferson County Memorial Park.
  As a man of devout faith, Bishop Baltimore preached every Sunday and 
presided over hundreds of weddings, funerals, revivals, and baptisms in 
West Virginia and around the country. He also provided local radio 
ministering during Sunday worship service and traveled and ministered 
extensively across the United States and throughout the World.
  In honor of Bishop Baltimore's longstanding commitment to his 
community, I ask my friends in West Virginia and my colleagues here in 
Congress to join me in remembering the great accomplishments of Bishop 
E.E. Baltimore.

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