[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO THE REAGAN SISTERS

  (Mr. WOMACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, they say that great things come in small 
packages, and that could not be more true of the Reagan sisters of 
Rogers, Arkansas. I rise today in gratitude to them.
  Agnes Lytton, Mary Sue, and Betty Lynn Reagan were born and raised in 
northwest Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas-
Fayetteville.
  While Agnes Lytton left Arkansas to pursue a career in library 
science, Mary Sue and Betty Lynn, who stood about 5 feet tall, were 
giants in the classroom, spending a combined 94 years teaching history 
and government to students in the Rogers School District.
  Throughout their distinguished careers, both were decorated with 
countless awards and accolades, and in 1989 the city of Rogers named 
its newest school Reagan Elementary as a token of our appreciation for 
their dedication to our students and their faithful support of the 
community. As their former mayor, I can attest to both.
  Although these most respected members of our community have passed 
on, they won't soon be forgotten, and now their legacies will live on 
at the U of A, as it was announced on Monday that the sisters, in a 
final tribute to northwest Arkansas education, designated a $1.2 
million estate gift to support the libraries of their alma mater.
  I can say without hesitation that the Reagan sisters made northwest 
Arkansas a better place, and for that, we are eternally grateful.

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