HR151 Summary

• Honors the life of Iola Mitchell Boykin, born February 13, 1914, recognizing her accomplishments and contributions to faith, family, and friends.

• Recognizes her education at Camden Academy and Alabama State Normal College, which enabled her to become an independent African-American southern woman in the 1930s.

• Acknowledges her roles as a devoted family member caring for seven younger siblings, a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Fairfield, and a skilled seamstress who contributed to family income.

• Commends her dedication as a stay-at-home mother to her three children with Theodore Boykin, Sr., and her care-giving to extended family and community members.

• Offers the resolution as tribute to her life of devotion and service to love, strength, and godliness.