[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING J.D. WILLIAMS

  (Mr. TOWNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the loss of J.D. 
Williams, who expired 3 days ago.
  J.D. Williams was a very special person. He worked with the young 
people, taught so many how to play baseball. And, of course, he was an 
outstanding athlete himself.
  He was always giving of himself to help others. I recall as a 
youngster how he would organize and go into his pocket and take money 
out to be able to assist young people in buying uniforms and being able 
to move from one location to another to be able to play different 
teams.
  He was just so committed to developing young people. He worked to get 
them into college, and, of course, he had a relationship with many 
coaches around the country. And they would respect the fact that if 
J.D. Williams said that you could play, you would be able to play. And 
that's the kind of relationship that he had.
  Of course, let me say to his family in times like these you can be 
proud of the accomplishments of J.D. Williams, even though he's no 
longer with us.

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