[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN MEMORY OF BISHOP G.E. PATTERSON

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, yesterday in Memphis, Tennessee, a giant of 
a man passed away: G.E. Patterson, the bishop of the Church of God in 
Christ, a congregation of over 6.5 million people worldwide 
headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
  Bishop Patterson was born in Humboldt, Tennessee. He lived to the age 
of 67. He was a giant, godly man, who I last saw in November at a rally 
with President Clinton and Cybill Shepherd. At that time, Bishop 
Patterson knew he was dying, he had prostate cancer, but he knew where 
he was going. He was a bishop. He was a saint. He was a man who graced 
this planet. He was a valuable citizen and knows where he was going, 
and he is there now. I hope you will all share with me a moment of 
reflection upon the great life of Bishop Patterson and what he has 
meant to this world.

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