HJR216 Summary

• Honors the life and legacy of Mrs. Edith Armstead Gray of Evergreen, Alabama, who passed away at age 99.

• Recognizes her 42-year career as an educator at Conecuh County Training School (later Thurgood Marshall High School) and her Tuskegee Institute B.S. degree and 1932 performance with the Tuskegee Institute Choir at the White House and Radio City Music Hall.

• Acknowledges her civic and political activism, including registering hundreds of voters, serving as a charter member of the Conecuh County NAACP, being the first female appointed to the Evergreen Housing Authority Board, and earning the nickname "Mother of Conecuh County."

• Notes her 30+ years as a Sunday School teacher at Mt. Zion AME Zion Church and the 2005 dedication of the Edith A. Gray Library and Technology Center at Reid State Technical College in her honor.

• Extends deepest condolences to her surviving family members, including two sons, one daughter, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.