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On the recordJuly 24, 2001
I am sure most Senators have heard by now, or read in the newspapers, that Eudora Welty died yesterday in Jackson, MS. She was 92. Miss Welty was a wonderful person and one of America's best writers. She was well known around the world for the excellent quality of her stories, and she was also appreciated in Mississippi for her generosity, warmth and good humor. For several years my wife and I lived in her neighborhood, the Belhaven section of Jackson, and when we would see her she was always gracious and friendly. Everyone I knew loved her. So, it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire State of Mississippi is in mourning today. She may have been every writer's idol, but she was every Mississippian's friend.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi
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Honoring the legacy of writer Eudora Welty following her passing.

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