[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12508]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               IN HONOR OF REVEREND DR. JOE E. DANCY, SR.

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2008

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, this Father's Day, I wish to 
honor and recognize the life, legacy and ministry of the Reverend Dr. 
Joe E. Dancy, Sr., who currently serves as the pastor of St. James 
Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. Dr. Dancy was born on 
October 3, 1926 and is now 80 years old. Dr. Dancy has ten children, 56 
grandchildren and over 100 great grandchildren and has been married for 
63 years to Mrs. Vernia L. Dancy. On this Father's Day, I would like to 
salute him as the patriarch of the Dancy family, public servant to the 
people of Houston, and the presiding pastor at St. James Missionary 
Baptist Church.
  Dr. Dancy has been preaching for 45 years and he has served the 
people of St. James for 41 years. In 1945, he began working for the 
City of Houston as a truck driver and he did not retire until 1978. 
During his 33 years with the City of Houston, he worked through the 
Civil Rights Movement, the Jim Crow era and the desegregation period. 
In addition, he worked as a community leader in Houston's Sunnyside 
community for over 60 years. Continuing his commitment to service, Dr. 
Dancy worked on community projects such as the Shutdown of the 
Sunnyside Incinerator, the community resistance movements against the 
expansions of numerous landfills that existed in Sunnyside, and most 
recently the fight against Southern Crushed Concrete. In a leadership 
capacity, he serves as a Chaplain for the Harris County Precinct 7 
Constable Office, a member of the Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge, and a 
member of the Houston Baptist Minister's Association.
  Madam Speaker, on this Father's Day, I ask my colleagues and people 
of Houston to honor the Reverend Dr. Joe E. Dancy, Sr. for his 
dedication to his family, the people of Houston, and St. James 
Missionary Baptist Church.

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