[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 807]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CONGRATULATIONS ANNIE LEE BOGGS LATIMER ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Annie Lee Boggs Latimer was born 
in Milton County, now a portion of Fulton County in north Georgia on 
January 10, 1907, to Elizabeth and Ben Boggs 100 years ago today. She 
grew up on a farm on Boggs Road with eight siblings, Glenn, Mary, 
Frank, Frances, Walter A., Nettie, Ruth and Dorothy, off what is now I-
85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  She attended Duluth High School, Young Harris College and the 
University of Georgia and went on to become a beloved teacher in 
Gwinnett and Cobb counties for over 30 years. On June 12, 1937, she 
married William B. Latimer, and for over 50 years, they lived in what 
all knew as the ``Rock House'' in Duluth, Georgia. Anne and Bill were 
married for a wonderful 61 years until his passing in 1998.
  She is the proud mother of Ben W. Latimer and the mother-in-law of 
Rachel H. Latimer. She is an inspiration for her two grandsons and 
their wives, Bill and Lynn and Mike and Laura, and adored by her five 
great grandchildren Brian, Sara, Claire, Gabrielle and Andrew. She is 
known affectionately by her family as ``Mama Anne'' and by her friends 
at church as ``Miss Anne.''
  She has imparted wisdom and positive values to all the many students 
who were in her classes and benefitted from her teaching. Mama Anne is 
a guiding light for all her family and always brings love, direction, 
caring and support.
  Mr. Speaker, I know the U.S. House of Representatives joins me in 
sending our very best on the occasion of her 100th birthday to Anne B. 
Latimer and recognizing her life as a role model to all for achieving 
independence, longevity and success, by living the American dream of 
spirituality, community, hard work, and accomplishment.
  I am very privileged, Mr. Speaker, to have had the opportunity to 
recognize one of America's greatest citizens.

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