[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO LONNIE McCOY BRIGHT

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 15, 2005

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge the accomplishments of 
Lonnie McCoy Bright. Lonnie McCoy Bright, affectionately known as 
``Coy,'' is a native of Belleross, North Carolina. He is the son of the 
late Zerus and Lona Mae Bright, and was raised in New York City. He 
received his education in the New York City public schools, culminating 
with his graduation from George Westinghouse Vocational High School. 
Then, he devoted 30 years of loyal service to United States Postal 
Service.
  Mr. Bright is a former Board member of the NAACP Brooklyn Branch, a 
founding member and Treasurer of Congressman Edolphus Towns' Men's 
Caucus, former Treasurer and Worshipful Master of the African 459 Lodge 
#63, and President Emeritus of the Masters Council.
  Currently, Mr. Bright is an active, dedicated member of the Berean 
Baptist Church. He is on the Trustee Board and serves as the Treasurer 
of the church. He has organized numerous voter registration drives in 
his community, East New York, and the Bedford-Stuyvesant sections of 
Brooklyn. He has also sponsored ``Making Books Come Alive'' a day of 
reading and dramatizing stories for children. He loves to cook and is 
an annual participant in the Men Who Cook-Cook-Offs.
  His greatest love, after his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is his 
wife Vivian Y. Bright, and they are the proud parents of Teresa, Gary, 
James (deceased), Marvin Jamal and Tiffany.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize Mr. Bright's remarkable 
leadership and service.

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