[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S15276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM ORR GRAHAM

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, Mr. William Orr ``Bill'' Graham passed 
away on September 28 after an extended illness. The Morgan County, AL, 
native was founder and owner of Graham & Son Piano House and was active 
in his community and in State politics for many years.
  Bill Graham attended Auburn University. He once received the Florence 
Civitan Club's Book of Golden Deeds Award for outstanding community 
service. He was a charter member of the Florence Chamber of Commerce, 
president of the North Tennessee Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of 
America and was an organizer of the Camp Westmoreland Boy Scout Camp 
and the Kiwanis high school Key Clubs.
  Bill was elected by the people of the Eighth Congressional District 
to serve on the State Democratic executive committee. He was also a 
member of the Alabama Industrial Development Board. He organized the 
talent contest at the North Alabama State Fair, was youth talent 
director of the MidSouth Fair in Memphis, a talent scout for the Ted 
Mack Amateur Hour, and was instrumental in securing college 
scholarships for many deserving youth in the Shoals area.
  In addition, Bill was talent coordinator for the Cerebral Palsy 
Telethon for many years, past president of the Gilbert School PTA, 
chairman of the administrative board of North Wood Methodist Church, 
and aide-de-camp to the battalion commander of the Alabama State 
National Guard. He was also part of the management of the Birmingham 
Barons baseball team.
  William O. Graham was truly an outstanding community leader who gave 
of himself in many years over his long life. He will be sorely missed. 
I extend my sincerest condolences to his family in the wake of their 
loss.

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