[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8632]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MAUDY SIMPSON-WRIGHT

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 2, 2017

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable hero, Maudy Simpson-Wright.
  Maudy Simpson-Wright as born September 22, 1954 to the late Leroy and 
Annie Bell Simpson in Sumner, MS. She was the first born of twelve 
children. She faced many challenges in her up-rearing, but thanks to 
God she had a praying mother and grandparents (Clarence & Maudy Roby) 
of Minter City, MS. In 1960, she moved to Falcon, MS and lived with her 
uncle. Later that year, Maudy's mother met an married Lonzo Smith and 
moved into a new home. Maudy graduated in 1968 from Falcon Elementary 
School and graduated in 1972 from Quitman County High School. She 
attended Miller-Hawkins-Business College, Memphis, TN from August 1972-
July 1973.
  Her mother became sick and she came back home to take care of her. 
Sadly she passed away in December of 1983; this was heart-breaking for 
all twelve children left without a mother, but Maudy's grandmother 
stepped up to the plate.
  In August 1973, she was blessed with a job as a secretary at Falcon 
Elementary School where she remained for 22 years until the school 
closed. The school then moved to Southside Elementary where she worked 
five more years and retired. Maud would later hold positions at the 
Grand Casino, Coahoma Community College, QCDO Daycare, and the Quitman 
County Sheriff Department. Currently, she is a Parent Coordinator at 
Quitman County Middle School.
  She is a graduate of Coahoma Community College and Mississippi Valley 
State University. She has also completed coursework at Tougaloo 
College.
  She met and married Mr. Booker Wright, Jr. in 2004. She has one son, 
Daryel Levon Toles, and one granddaughter, Desiree Orange, whom she 
loves very much. Together, they have many grandchildren, nieces, 
nephews, cousins and other parent's children. She is a member of New 
St. John MB Church, Darling, MS under the leadership of Pastor Jimmy 
Jones.
  Maudy loves Psalms 23, because of what it states: ``The Lord is my 
Shepherd and I shall not want.''
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mrs. Maudy 
Simpson-Wright, because she is definitely the epitome of an unsung 
hero.

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