[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IN RECOGNITION OF DR. BEVERLY W. GLOVER

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 18, 2016

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and 
recognize Dr. Beverly W. Glover for her noteworthy work with the 
International Association of Ministers' Wives and Ministers Widows, 
Inc. Dr. Glover, the wife of Pastor and Moderator Walter L. Glover, 
Jr., currently serves as the President of IAMWMW, which will celebrate 
its 75th year of training and preparing ministers and pastor's wives 
for service in their roles beside their husbands. A celebration will 
take place in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. At this 
celebration, IAMWMW will recognize Dr. Glover as an outstanding leader, 
retired educator, mother, wife, and faithful follower of Christ.
  Dr. Beverly W. Glover is a native of Macon, Georgia. She received her 
education from Bibb County Public Schools, Savannah State College, Fort 
Valley State College (now University), Georgia College, and Georgia 
Southern University. She earned a Doctorate in Administration and 
Supervision from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, 
Florida.
  With a passion for improving the lives of children and young adults, 
Dr. Glover began her career as a teacher at Burdell Elementary School 
in Macon, Georgia. She taught at Danforth Primary School and Bernd 
Elementary School before moving to Miller Middle School, where she 
served as Assistant Principal, and then Southwest High School, where 
she served as Principal. Dr. Glover concluded her remarkable 37-year 
career with the Bibb County School System serving as the Director of 
the Joseph N. Neel Alternative School. Here, she worked diligently to 
ensure success for all students and staff and under her leadership, the 
school received the Excellence in Education Award.
  Not one to rest on her laurels, Dr. Glover is an active member of 
many religious and civic organizations where she continuously devotes 
her time to bettering the community. These organizations include the 
Epsilon Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.; Phi Delta 
Kappa; Church Women United; The Links Inc.; NAACP; OES Number 82; and 
General Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc., among others.
  Since childhood, the church has always played a vital role in Dr. 
Glover's life. She is an active member of the Greater Zion Hill 
Missionary Baptist Church where she organized the Deaconess Ministry. 
She is a member of the Sunday School, Missionary Society, Mission-in-
Action, and advisor to the Women's Ministry. Dr. Glover also organized 
and managed the church's first Vacation Bible School which enrolled and 
served 225 children the first year. She also serves as Secretary and 
General Manager of Glover Memorial Mortuary in Macon, Georgia.
  Dr. Glover has been a member of the ministers' wives organizations 
for more than 30 years. She founded the Macon Interdenominational 
Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows local organization. On the state 
level, Dr. Glover served as Recording Secretary under the leadership of 
Dr. Ethel Purvis Stokes. She was then elected President of the Georgia 
Association of Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows. Since 2010, Dr. 
Glover has served as the eighth President of the International 
Association of Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows, Inc.
  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, ``Life's most persistent and 
urgent question is, `What are you doing for others?''' Dr. Glover 
undoubtedly lives by this philosophy. From her work as an educator to 
her involvement in missions, Dr. Glover has made a tremendous impact on 
the lives of others. She is a woman of integrity who exudes the genuine 
principles and values of Christian discipleship. A charismatic 
evangelical leader and pioneer, her spiritual zeal is both infectious 
and highly contagious.
  Mr. Speaker, today I ask my colleagues to join me, members of the 
IAMWMW, and the more than 730,000 residents of Georgia's Second 
Congressional District in extending our sincerest appreciation to Dr. 
Beverly W. Glover. A woman of many hats, she is an outstanding educator 
and mentor, strong leader, prominent community activist, and devoted 
caretaker, but above all, she is a faithful servant of God.

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