[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: June 21, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                        TRIBUTE TO MERLE DOUTHIT

                                 ______


                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 21, 1994

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to pay tribute to a 
Missourian, Merle Douthit of Odessa, MO, who recently passed away.
  Formerly a farmer near Odessa, MO, Mr. Douthit was the presiding 
commissioner of Lafayette County from 1986 until 1990. Prior to that 
position, Mr. Douthit was a Lafayette County deputy sheriff from 1976 
to 1986 and was also former chief deputy.
  Mr. Douthit was a Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean war, 
and a member of the American Legion. He was also a member of the Bee 
Squares Dance Club, and of the church.
  He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, sons, Michael and James, 
daughter, Patty Howerton, a twin sister, Melba Hosmer, eight 
grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, a great-grandson, and two 
stepgreat-grandchildren. I urge my colleagues to join me in bidding a 
farewell to my friend through the years who was respected by all who 
knew him.

                          ____________________