Kirk Watson: “I want to read words of reflection about one who believed who just passed away, and read this scripture, ``God had the…”

“I want to read words of reflection about one who believed who just passed away, and read this scripture, ``God had the power to work within her and to accomplish abundantly far more than all she could ask or imagine.'' Aunita T. Hudson-Edwards was born to Levi Hudson and Elnora Davis Hudson on September 20, 1915 in Carthage, Texas. She was the first of three children, and she just recently passed away. When she married Frank Edwards, she enjoyed parenting four children. Many of you might know Willis Edwards, Brenda Joe Edwards and Edward Earl and Frank. In California she worked as a teacher in Palm Springs Unified School District for 15 years and found herself taking in children who had no one else to claim them. She was active in the community, and as a quiet force demonstrated her trail-blazing tendency by founding the Palm Springs Chapter of the NAACP and joining as a founding member of the First Baptist Church. She was a life member of the NAACP. Mr. Speaker, she was a stateswoman, this woman that we pay tribute as she passes on.”