[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO BARBARA HUNDLEY, JACKSON CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 1, 2012

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Barbara Hundley, 
who has enhanced life in Jackson, Alabama through her civil service, 
dedication to her church and talent with gardening, earning her 
Jackson's Citizen of the Year award.
  Mrs. Hundley has served a variety of roles in the Jackson area, 
working for the city planning commission on projects like a new complex 
for the Jackson Police Department, remodeling the White Smith Memorial 
Library, the construction of the Jackson Senior Citizen Center and also 
a new fire station for the downtown Jackson area.
  In addition to this, Mrs. Hundley volunteered at the library, helped 
bring the Regional Child Advocacy Center to Grove Hill, prevented voter 
fraud as a poll worker at Jackson City Hall and was a member of the 
Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, helping to revitalize the downtown 
Jackson Area. Mrs. Hundley also has been a 35-year member and a past 
president of the Jackson Woman's Club, and taught drug awareness and 
other classes at Jackson High School.
  Even while doing all of the aforementioned activities, Mrs. Hundley 
has taught Sunday school at the Jackson First United Methodist Church, 
provided lunch for senior citizens and those with bereaved families, 
sang in the choir and researched and authored a history of the church.
  However, Mrs. Hundley's greatest passion might be gardening, which 
has developed such a reputation that groups will take tours of the 
gardens at her home on Golfview Drive. As is her nature, Mrs. Hundley 
also teaches gardening, landscaping and classes on birds and 
butterflies for the communities of Jackson, Grove Hill and Monroeville.
  On behalf of the people of Alabama, I want to congratulate Barbara 
Hundley on her recent recognition and thank her for her service and 
example to her fellow citizens in Jackson and the surrounding 
communities. We wish her and her family continued success in the years 
to come.

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