CONGRATULATING GERTRUDE PAULINE WHITENER MILBURN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

On 2025-03-10, Representative Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) delivered a floor speech titled "CONGRATULATING GERTRUDE PAULINE WHITENER MILBURN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY" in the House.

CONGRATULATING GERTRUDE PAULINE WHITENER MILBURN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E196] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CONGRATULATING GERTRUDE PAULINE WHITENER MILBURN ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY ______ HON. CHUCK EDWARDS of north carolina in the house of representatives Monday, March 10, 2025 Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Gertrude Pauline Whitener Milburn on turning 100 years old later this week on March 14th. Gertrude Pauline Whitener Milburn was born on March 14, 1925, and grew up in a small textile community known as Brookford, located in Hickory, North Carolina She had two brothers and a sister. Gertrude met Bill Milburn while he was serving in the Navy during World War II, and they married in December 1945 after his discharge. They had two children, Patricia Milburn Link and Randolph Lee Milburn, and lived in Lincolnton, North Carolina, until 1967, when they moved to Lake Norman. Gertrude spent her entire career in the textile industry. She is the proud grandmother of four, with ten great-grandchildren and five great- great-grandchildren. She is not shy to be blunt and share her many years of wisdom with the younger generations. On behalf of all of Western North Carolina, I congratulate Gertrude. ____________________