[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MS. TOMMIE WILLIAMS

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life and 
legacy of a very inspirational Grand Prairie resident from the Dalworth 
community, Ms. Tommie Williams.
  Ms. Williams worked as an educator in several capacities next-door in 
the Arlington Independent School District. She served as a first, 
third, and seventh grade teacher, a basketball coach, a cheerleading 
sponsor, and vice president of curriculum at Sam Houston High School. 
In addition, Ms. Williams was the first African American administrator 
and the first parent to serve as a community ombudsman in the Arlington 
Independent School District.
  In honor of her outstanding service and education, the Tommie B. 
Williams Elementary School in Arlington was dedicated in her honor in 
1991.
  Although we lost a great educator in the Arlington Independent School 
District and many in the Dalworth community lost a great neighbor, her 
friends, the students that she taught, the parents, the faculty will 
always remember her passion and her belief in a brighter future for our 
youngest members of society.

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