[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 109 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO GUY R. DOTSON, SR.

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 30, 1995
  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank a devoted resident of my 
hometown of Murfreesboro and a great friend, Mr. Guy R. Dotson, Sr., 
for his 26 years of distinguished service as district attorney general 
for Rutherford and Cannon Counties and to congratulate him on his 
retirement.
  A lifelong middle Tennessean, General Dotson was born in Elora, TN. A 
graduate of Franklin County High School, he received his B.A. from the 
University of the South and his law degree from the University of 
Tennessee. General Dotson was appointed district attorney by Gov. 
Buford Ellington in 1969. He was elected district attorney general in 
1970 and re-elected in 1974, 1982 and 1990.
  He will be missed not only by his associates in the district 
attorney's office, but also by the police departments of Murfreesboro, 
Smyrna, LaVergne, Eagleville, and Woodbury along with the sheriff's 
departments in Rutherford and Cannon Counties. He has served with 
distinction all the citizens of the 16th Judicial District
  Rutherford County is indeed losing a valuable leader who has shown 
all of us what it means to serve and undoubtedly will continue to do 
so. Rutherford County's loss, however, is a big gain for General 
Dotson's five grandchildren, who will be the new beneficiaries of his 
energy and attention. The golf course beckons him as well.
  Please join me and all other middle Tennesseans in wishing him well 
in his retirement.


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