[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING MARY EDWARDS

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a longtime 
friend, Mary Edwards, a State Democratic executive committeewoman and 
board member for Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats.
  Mary was born in Clarksville, a little town next to Paris, and moved 
to Fort Worth with her family when she was a kid.
  She dedicated her time to helping others and making a difference to 
anyone she came across. I can personally attest to the leadership and 
activism she displayed throughout the years in the Fort Worth 
community, as well as when she worked alongside longtime former State 
Representative Lon Burnam.
  Mary also served in various roles in the community. She was very 
active in the LGBT community and was very proud of her work. She was 
also a member of the Communications Workers of America. And she was 
very active in the neighborhood that she lived in.
  My heartfelt sympathies goes out to her younger brother, Longe, and 
her niece, whom she greatly adored.
  I can tell you, personally, that it is going to be sad to go to the 
Democratic meetings and pull up into the parking lot and not see Mary's 
big red truck there. But I can attest to you that while Mary was here, 
on this side, she did everything she could to make life better for 
others and truly, truly cared for the community.

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