[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 37 (Monday, April 11, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: April 11, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO BEDFORD CASH

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, the U.S. Forest Service mourned one of its 
own when Bedford Cash died suddenly on February 26. He was the district 
ranger for the Tuskegee National Forest near Tuskegee, AL. He was a 
native of Minden, LA.
  Bedford Cash was a Forest Service employee for 21 years. He started 
his career with the agency in 1971 as a part-time summer student while 
attending Southern University in Baton Rouge. After graduating with a 
degree of agronomy in 1974, he began working in the Kisatchie National 
Forest as a soil scientist trainee. He spent 2 years there, and during 
that time served also as EEO counselor.
  In 1976, he transferred to the Ozark St. Francis National Forest 
supervisor's office in Russellville, AR as a journeyman soil scientist. 
It was here he met and married his wife Jocelyn.
  In 1980, Cash and his family moved to St. Anthony, ID to the Targhee 
National Forest. They were the only black family in the community and 
surrounding areas. While in this area, he also worked as a primary 
resource assistant in the Ashton Ranger District, with program 
responsibility in recreation, range, wildlife, wilderness, and special 
uses. It was here that he learned to snowmobile and ski as ways to 
manage winter recreation programs. He was given opportunities to 
explore areas of Yellowstone National Park that few will ever see.
  His next assignment came as the recreation/lands/special use officer 
in the Cleveland National Forest, Descanso Ranger District. Here, his 
wife also became a Forest Service employee. In 1989, they came to the 
Tuskegee Ranger District, where Bedford was serving at the time of his 
death.
  Many of his coworkers remember Cash as an energetic and dedicated 
member of the Forest Service family. He epitomized the mission of the 
Forest Service in every way.
  I extend my sincere condolences to Bedford's wife Jocelyn and their 
entire family in the wake of their loss. Bedford was a special person 
who will be greatly missed.

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