MS HR23

Recognizes and commends Home of Grace in Vancleave, Mississippi, for 60 years of service and Christian ministry to individuals struggling with addiction.

Notes that Home of Grace was founded in 1965 by Reverend Bill Barton, Sr., and his wife Jean, after Reverend Barton visited a Christian recovery program in Georgia and felt called to establish a similar facility in Mississippi.

Acknowledges that the organization received support from community members, including a 10-acre land donation from E.H. Bacot on Bluff Creek and a house trailer donation from C.D. and Norris Faggard.

States that since January 1965, thousands of men, women, and children have been served through Home of Grace's programs providing refuge and renewal from addiction.

Directs that copies of the resolution be furnished to Home of Grace and members of the Capitol Press Corps.