[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF NAOMI DURST BOWDEN

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                     HON. STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN

                            of south dakota

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2009

  Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of 
Naomi Jane Durst Bowden.
  Mrs. Bowden was born in Custer, South Dakota, on June 13, 1915, and 
lived there until 1948. She was the daughter of pioneers and a loving 
mother and homemaker. She moved to Jesup, Georgia in 1948 and was an 
integral part of the community, serving as a founding member and Lay 
Leader of the Epworth United Methodist Church. She taught as a 
substitute teacher in the Jesup schools, and, for a number of years, 
hosted a women's radio program on WBGR in Jesup. She had six sons, 
eighteen grandchildren, and twenty-four great grandchildren. Up until a 
short time before her death, she could name the names of all her 
grandchildren and great grandchildren--something she routinely did 
before she fell asleep. At age 93, Naomi Jane Durst Bowden passed away 
in her sleep on Monday, May 25th in Athens, Georgia.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the life and works of 
Naomi Jane Durst Bowden.

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