[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO VIVIAN BERRYHILL

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 1, 2007

  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Vivian Berryhill, 
President and founder of the National Coalition of Pastors' Spouses. In 
her role with NCPS and as First Lady of the New Philadelphia Baptist 
Church in Memphis, TN, Mrs. Berryhill has been a goodwill ambassador 
across the world, conducting global outreach on HIV/AIDS. In addition 
to her passionate charitable work, Mrs. Berryhill is also an acclaimed 
songwriter.
  Madam Speaker, I commend Vivian Berryhill for her tireless dedication 
to numerous noble causes. After receiving a Jefferson Award and its 
accompanying $500 gift, Mrs. Berryhill and her husband, Pastor Chester 
Berryhill, journeyed from Olive Branch, MS to Washington, DC and headed 
directly to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to distribute 500 
copies of Mrs. Berryhill's original song, ``Tomorrow E'vrything Will B 
Alright.'' After hearing of the conditions at Walter Reed, Mrs. 
Berryhill was inspired to share her music and its soul-healing effects, 
and immediately created 50O new copies of her song and placed them onto 
CDs to share with our wounded soldiers.
  Upon being greeted with an overwhelming show of support and the 
warmest of receptions, Mrs. Berryhill and the pastors' spouses will be 
reproducing additional copies of this song and will return to Walter 
Reed in 3-4 weeks to distribute them.
  Madam Speaker, it is for her noble and unflagging efforts to make 
this world a better place that I recognize Vivian Berryhill.

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