[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27892]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO MRS. ROSE BROWN

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 8, 2005

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a 
dynamic, feisty, dedicated, committed and courageous community, civic 
and religious leader who gave of herself consistently until all of her 
energy was gone and she had no more to share. Just a few weeks ago, I 
was pleased to speak at a banquet sponsored by Women for Social Change 
and of course, Mrs. Brown was in charge as she so often was. The 
banquet was in a church dining hall and was focused on education. Mrs. 
Brown was one of those individuals that you always looked forward to 
seeing and hearing because you always knew that she was either saying 
or doing something to benefit humanity. I always called Mrs. Brown, 
Aunt Rose because my friends who informally adopted me into their 
family called her Aunt Rose and that's how I felt about her.
  Aunt Rose, I close my tribute with these words: Roses are Red, 
Violets are Blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you! May you rest in peace.

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