[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4650-H4651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF GROVER AND LORENE HOBBS

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, 50 years ago this Saturday, Grover 
Hobbs and Lorene Fincher were married in Heard County, GA. After Grover

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served 7 years as a gunner in World War II, he went to work for 
Lorene's father, where they first met.
  After they wed, they lived on a small farm in Harrisonville, GA, and 
every day Grover commuted to Hapeville, GA, to work for Ford Motor Co. 
During this time, Lorene worked at Callaway Mills until she decided to 
quit in order to raise their three children. In 1975, Grover and Lorene 
sold the farm and went to work for Milliken Mills until their 
retirement in the late 1980's.
  In addition to working hard and raising a great family, the Hobbses 
helped to found the Harrisonville Baptist Church in which, as a church 
service, they regularly visit the local nursing home.
  It is extremely heart warming, Mr. Speaker, to see two people so 
devoted to church, their family, and of course to each other. Their 
commitment truly personifies what marriage ought to be. I would like to 
extend the warmest of congratulations to Grover and Lorene Hobbs for 
years past and years to come of a happy and healthy marriage on their 
50th wedding anniversary.

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