[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 EXPRESSING APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MISS JOHNNIE WHITELAW

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 17, 2008

  Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a long-time 
community servant, a dedicated teacher and historian, and my friend, 
Miss Johnnie Whitelaw.
  In more than 20 years of knowing Johnnie, I have grown to see how 
important she is to our community in Dyersburg and how much she is 
loved by her friends, former students and neighbors throughout West 
Tennessee. An active leader of the Dyer County Democratic Party, 
Johnnie was also a teacher and librarian from 1972 to 1991.
  Even after retiring, however, she did not give up on one of her 
greatest loves--collecting oral, photographic and written first-hand 
accounts of history so that we and future generations will forever 
understand the history of West Tennessee and the stories of its people. 
Her contributions will truly be appreciated for generations to come.
  Madam Speaker, I hope you and all our colleagues will join me in 
congratulating Miss Johnnie Whitelaw on her upcoming honor from the 
Dyer County branch of the NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Community 
Resource Development and Order of the Eastern Star, organizations which 
understand how valuable Miss Johnnie's contributions have been to our 
community.

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