Expressing Gratitude to the Reagan Sisters

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Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, they say that great things come in small packages, and that could not be more true of the Reagan sisters of Rogers, Arkansas. I rise today in gratitude to them.

Agnes Lytton, Mary Sue, and Betty Lynn Reagan were born and raised in northwest Arkansas and attended the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.

While Agnes Lytton left Arkansas to pursue a career in library science, Mary Sue and Betty Lynn, who stood about 5 feet tall, were giants in the classroom, spending a combined 94 years teaching history and government to students in the Rogers School District.

Throughout their distinguished careers, both were decorated with countless awards and accolades, and in 1989 the city of Rogers named its newest school Reagan Elementary as a token of our appreciation for their dedication to our students and their faithful support of the community. As their former mayor, I can attest to both.

Although these most respected members of our community have passed on, they won't soon be forgotten, and now their legacies will live on at the U of A, as it was announced on Monday that the sisters, in a final tribute to northwest Arkansas education, designated a $1.2 million estate gift to support the libraries of their alma mater.

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I can say without hesitation that the Reagan sisters made northwest Arkansas a better place, and for that, we are eternally grateful.

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