[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17162-17163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 A TRIBUTE TO MRS. ANNIE JANE (BLAKELY) JACKSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 14, 2013

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mrs. Annie Jane 
(Blakely) Jackson who will celebrate her 100th Birthday on Monday, 
November 18, 2013. The community will join with Annie J. Jackson to 
celebrate her centennial on Saturday, November 16, 2013.
  Mrs. Jackson was born November 18, 1913 in Hopten, Alabama, was 
raised in Adamsville, Alabama and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 
1945. She found work at the Cudahy Meat Packing Company and was also 
employed at the Veteran Hospital for two years. She later found 
employment with the American Can Company where she worked for twenty-
three years prior to her retirement from the company in September, 
1976.

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  Mrs. Jackson was married to the late Junior Lee Jackson for 32 years. 
Junior Lee Jackson was the owner of Party House Tavern for nearly 30 
years and as an entrepreneur was able to employ many people in the 
community. Mrs. Jackson is the mother of three children--Jonathan, 
Arlene (both deceased) and Valerie; grandmother to Venus and Raven.
  I have literally known Mrs. Jackson all of my life. She is a charter 
member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin since May of 
1956, my church home. There were 17 members when the church was 
incorporated and today she is the only living charter member. Mrs. 
Jackson was an active member in the church; she served on the Usher 
Board and Mission Board and was the very first Mission Board President. 
She is now confined to a wheel chair and is unable to attend church 
services but continues to be supportive both spiritually and 
financially.
  Mrs. Jackson volunteered for many years at Lutheran Social Services 
agency calling the elderly to determine their needs and refer them for 
necessary services. Cooking and fishing are her most favorite things to 
do. She has already begun preparation for Thanksgiving dinner; she has 
cleaned thirty pounds of Chitterlings. It gives her great joy and 
happiness to be able to cook the entire Thanksgiving dinner for her 
family, then sit down at the table to eat and thank God for all of 
their blessings.
  It is an honor for me to acknowledge someone who continues to 
contribute so much to Milwaukee and the 4th Congressional District. She 
set a strong example of leadership and excellence as a member of her 
church and for the entire community. She is a Milwaukee and Wisconsin 
treasure and I value her service. Mr. Speaker, that is why I rise to 
honor and celebrate Mrs. Jackson's 100 years of life.

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