[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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                   TRIBUTE TO CHARLES A. HARVIN, JR.

  Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to one of 
South Carolina's leading citizens and most prominent sons, Mr. Charles 
Alexander Harvin, Jr., who recently passed away at the age of 78.
  Throughout his long and fulfilling life, Mr. Harvin was a man who was 
committed to making his community and State better places to live. 
Throughout his life he was actively involved in many different civic 
and service organizations, and he actually served as the chairman of 18 
of them. These organizations included everything from agricultural and 
trucking associations to the Boy Scouts and educational boards.
  Mr. Harvin's hard work toward making South Carolina an even better 
place to live did not go unnoticed by those who benefitted from his 
work. Among the many honors he received, Mr. Harvin earned 
distinguished service awards from the South Carolina Farm Bureau and 
the South Carolina Mental Health Association; part of U.S. 301 has been 
named the ``Alex Harvin Highway''; and, he was awarded our State's 
highest honor, the ``Order of the Palmetto''.
  Madam President, it is difficult to sum up the many contributions 
that Charles Harvin made to our State in just a few moments here on the 
Floor. We are all grateful for his commitment to humanity and South 
Carolina and he is a man who will be greatly missed by many. I would 
like to take this opportunity to extend my deepest condolences to his 
lovely wife, Thomasine; and his children, Alex, III, and Thomasine.

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