[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 141 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: October 3, 1994]
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                       IN MEMORY OF MARK HENSLEY

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                           HON. HENRY BONILLA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 3, 1994

  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a young boy 
who unexpectedly passed away on Monday, September 19, 1994. Mark 
Hensley was only 10 years old 2 weeks ago when he came to visit our 
Nation's Capitol with his family. Sadly, Mark was killed as he crossed 
the street with his father outside of a relative's home in Annandale, 
VA.
  I know the entire family had been extremely excited about their trip 
to Washington. Kathy Hensley, Mark's mother has home schooled her 
children and had gone to great lengths to prepare them for their visit. 
I know she had taught them all about the statues of the American heroes 
that grace Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in anticipation of 
their tour of the city.
  I would have met with the Hensley family here in my office. They 
would have done the things most families do when they visit the Capital 
City, like touring the monuments, visiting the Smithsonian, sitting in 
the House and Senate galleries, and walking down the Mall, simply 
enjoying all that Washington has to offer.
  Their loss is one that all parents, siblings, and grandparents can 
feel. Mark was taken from his family at much too young of an age. I ask 
my colleagues to join with me in expressing our condolences to his 
parents, Steve and Kathy Hensley; sister, Janelle Hensley; 
grandparents, Col. and Mrs. Harold S. Hensley, Jr., of San Antonio, and 
Mr. and Mrs. George Whiting, of Decatur, GA; aunt and uncle, Mr. and 
Mrs. Douglas Greene, of Americus, GA; great aunt and uncle, Mr. and 
Mrs. James S. Nash, of Annandale, VA and cousin, Carolyn Mucciaro, of 
Annandale, VA.

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