[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13244]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN HONOR OF EUNICE LASTINGER MIXON

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                           HON. JIM MARSHALL

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 17, 2007

  Mr. MARSHALL. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure I rise today 
to honor Eunice Lastinger Mixon for her continuing contributions to the 
City of Tifton, Tift County and the State of Georgia. Those 
accomplishments will be celebrated today with the establishment of the 
Eunice Lastinger Mixon Scholarship at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural 
College.
  Mrs. Mixon is affectionately known by her friends and colleagues as 
``Miss Eunice'' and has spent her life in service to others. She has 
been described as a ``joiner'' and her many hours of service in a wide 
range of organizations justifies that description.
  In addition to the 30 years ``Miss Eunice'' spent teaching in the 
Tift County schools and helping her husband, Albert Mixon, run their 
farm, she also served with the Georgia Civil War Commission, including 
an appointment as chairman, served on the Board of Directors for the 
Tift County Library and was one of only a handful of non-attorneys to 
hold an appointment with the Georgia State Bar Association.
  Ms. Eunice continues to make innumerable contributions to the 
community through her service on the Georgia Student Finance 
Commission, the Georgia Agrirama Foundation Board, the Democratic Party 
State Committee and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
  Miss Eunice's presence fills whatever room she enters or whatever 
group she joins. She cares deeply and passionately for others, 
particularly the least among us. Few Americans have provided a better 
example of service to others.
  Madam Speaker, I am confident my colleagues will join me in 
recognizing the accomplishments of this great Georgian and great 
American.

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