[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13837]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING CENTENARIAN MARY MAYNARD OF CITRUS COUNTY, FL

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 10, 2006

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Mary Maynard of Citrus County, Florida. Mary will soon do something 
that all of us strive for, but that very few of us will ever 
accomplish, celebrate her 100th birthday.
  Born August 5, 1906 on a farm near Rushville, Indiana, Mary attended 
Webb High School in Rushville and later graduated from business 
college.
  A farmer's wife until 1948, Mary eventually embarked on a career as a 
bookkeeper, real estate and mobile home salesperson and working for a 
prominent builder in Indianapolis selling new homes. In 1960, Mary and 
her daughter moved to Ft. Lauderdale where she continued her real 
estate and sales work.
  Eventually settling in the Gulf Coast in 1975, Mary and her daughter 
moved first to Brooksville, and then in 1984 to Citrus County. 
Following several small strokes over the years, Mary has lived in Arbor 
Trails Nursing Home in Inverness, Florida for the past 3 years.
  Her August 5th birthday celebration will be attended by family and 
friends from Minnesota, North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Florida. In 
fact, Mary has a long lineage spread across the country, including a 
son and a daughter, six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and 
ten great great grandchildren!
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in honoring Mary Maynard for 
reaching her 100th birthday this coming August. I hope we all have the 
good fortune to live as long as she has.

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