Recognizing the 100th Birthday of Helen Dramer Jarrell

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Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the birthday of Helen Dramer Jarrell. Helen will turn 100 years old on July 3rd.

Helen Dramer Jarrell was born the eighth child of the nine children Ida Mae and Walter Hubert Waldrop on July 3, 1925. Helen had two sisters and six brothers.

On January 16, 1943, Helen married Efton Harrison. They were blessed with a baby girl, Helen Diane, on November 20, 1943. In 1945, Helen and Efton divorced, and she raised Diane on her own. On June 10, 1948. Helen remarried after meeting Jim Jarrell at work at the cotton mill. They were married for 55 years until Jim passed away in 2003.

Helen has always had a servant's heart. She cared for her mother until her passing and worked for many years at the Mary Brandon Nursing Home in Oxford, Alabama, as a nurse's aide. Helen has two grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren. After retiring from the nursing home, Helen helped raise her great-grandchildren and later helped at the Senior Center until she retired at 90 years old.

On March 13, 2011, her daughter passed away. In December, she moved into the Oxford House Apartments. She has made many friends in the past 14 years. She enjoys playing dominoes and exercising. Helen is a woman of faith and loves her family deeply.

Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing Helen on this milestone and wishing her a very happy 100th birthday.

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