[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 26, 1994]
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               CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JAMES H. TAYLOR II

  (Mr. ROGERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, just over 3 years ago, as young James H. 
Taylor II drove his car on a dark and curvy Kentucky road to, as usual, 
help someone else with a chore, the very bright future of this talented 
young man lay before him. He was to graduate the next night from high 
school after a stellar performance.
  His father, Dr. James Taylor, president of Cumberland College, and 
his mother, Dinah, were rightfully so very proud of this dynamic, well 
behaved and talented son. In the larger sense, young James was 
considered everyone's favorite son because he was so well liked and 
respected.
  And then, the awful, unbelievable news came: A tragic one-car 
accident, a young life, so full of promise, on the eve of maturity came 
to an end.
  The reason I speak today, Mr. Speaker, is that James H. Taylor II 
would have celebrated his 22d birthday today. Instead we remember him. 
We remember his love of live, his love of his parents and his friends 
and they for him. We remember the promise of that life and the tragedy 
that ended it so very prematurely. We remember the sweetness of the 
soul of this young person, and know that that soul resides in heaven 
waiting reunion with those left here who loved him so.
  Dinah's grief so moved her that she has now built a nationwide circle 
of hundreds of parents and others who have also lost youngsters. This 
organization grows and grows, holding each others' hands as it were, 
through the worst of all possible tragedies.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, we celebrate the life of James H. Taylor II, a 
comet bright and shooting, but likewise also brief and fleeting.

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