[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22918]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CORA EAVES BRAYNON

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                         HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 17, 2005

  Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life of 
Mrs. Cora Eaves Braynon, a true leader whose rich legacy will enhance 
our community for many years to come.
  Cora Braynon spent her entire career in public health--as a nurse, 
educator, administrator and as a North Broward Hospital District 
Commissioner. Mrs. Braynon received a bachelor's degree in nursing from 
the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and a Master's in Public Health from 
the University of Michigan.
  Mrs. Braynon was appointed to the North Broward Hospital District 
Board in 1999 and reappointed in 2003. Her last role was that of Vice 
Chair. Mrs. Braynon also served on numerous District committees 
including the Executive Committee, Joint Conference Committee, Minority 
Business Enterprise Committee, and the Quality Assessment/Oversight 
Committee.
  Prior to receiving the appointment as Commissioner of the North 
Broward Hospital District, Mrs. Braynon was the first black Registered 
Nurse employed by the Broward County Health Department. She served as 
Senior Executive Nursing Director for 18 years and retired in 1994. 
Mrs. Braynon was also an instructor at Broward Community College, 
Florida Atlantic University and an adjunct faculty member of Barry 
University Adult and Community Education Program. She also served on 
the Advisory Council on Nurse Education, Division of Nursing for the 
Public Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Aside from her commitment to public health, Cora Braynon served 52 
years as a life member of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., a public service 
sorority. She was a pioneer in developing programs to help safeguard 
the health of teenage mothers and their babies. Her interests were 
reflected in her sorority work where she implemented the Reaching 
Adolescent Parents Program. She was also devoted to the Delteen youth 
program where she mentored many young women on their role and 
commitment to finer womanhood. Cora Braynon, the immediate past 
president of the Broward County Alumnae Chapter, served three terms as 
President. Additionally, she served on regional and national committees 
of the sorority.
  Cora Eaves Braynon, a woman of great accomplishment, leaves behind a 
large and accomplished family, including her beloved husband, Ronald A. 
Braynon; three children: Oscar Braynon, Sr. (Patricia), of Miami, 
Florida; two daughters: Andrea A. Braynon, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
and Terri Braynon Glasford (Jason), of Miramar, Florida; one sister, 
Carrie Eaves Evans (Willis), of Louisville, Kentucky; one brother, 
Frank Eaves (Ella) of Prospect, Kentucky; one brother-in-law, Roger 
Forbes of Fenton, Michigan; sisters-in-law: Betty Sharpe of Lauderdale 
Lakes, Florida and Rosemary Braynon of North Miami, Florida; 
grandchildren: City of Miami Gardens Vice Mayor Oscar Braynon, Jr., 
Gina Braynon and Marina Braynon Moore, a host of nieces, nephews and 
other family members and friends.
  Cora Braynon will surely be missed, but we will all remember her with 
wonderful thoughts and memories of the person that she was and the many 
ways that she touched our lives.

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