[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN CELEBRATION OF MISS SADIE THOMAS' 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. DAVID SCOTT

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 27, 2011

  Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to stand before 
you today to celebrate the 100th birthday of one of my constituents, 
Miss Sadie Thomas.
  Sadie Thomas was born on July 27, 1911 in Jeffersonville, Georgia. 
Aunt Sadie to her family, Sadie spent most of her life on her family 
farm with her brother John. Sadie and John began their lives as 
sharecroppers, eventually moving on to their own plot of land. As a 
small farmer, she worked hard all her life, picking cotton and growing 
tomatoes, corn, squash and other crops.
  From the very beginning, Sadie has remained a deeply religious woman, 
devoted to her family. When her sister passed away, leaving two 
children behind, Sadie helped raise both children on her farm with her 
mother.
  To this day she remains a lifelong member of the Lizzie Harrell 
Baptist Church in Jeffersonville. She now resides near her family in a 
nursing home in my district.
  As her friends and family celebrate her 100th birthday, we are all 
thankful that she is of sound mind and body. Mr. Speaker, my fellow 
colleagues, I hope you will join me today in wishing Miss Sadie Thomas 
a very happy birthday. May God continue to bless her with a long life.

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