[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO JACOB GEORGE HUDSON

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 18, 1997

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, this coming Sunday, September 21, will be 
the 80th birthday of a truly outstanding American, my constituent, 
Jacob George Hudson.
  Mr. Hudson is affectionately known by all of his friends and 
neighbors as ``Shag.'' He has been one of the leaders in Loudon County 
and throughout the State of Tennessee for many years.
  Shag Hudson served for 28 years on the Loudon County Commission, from 
1954 to 1982. During this time, he performed marriages for over 3,000 
couples.
  He was also well known as a fighter for low taxes and as one who 
tried to make sure that the citizens got their moneys' worth for their 
tax dollars.
  Mr. Hudson has proudly operated a farm in the Greenback community for 
the past 65 years, raising beef cattle and working as a self-employed 
cattle broker.
  He served with great distinction for 5 years as a member of the State 
Committee of Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service from 1987 
to 1992.
  He began serving the Merchants and Farmers Bank in 1973 and presently 
serves as a director of Union Planter Bank.
  He has been a member of Greenback Masonic Lodge for 49 years, and he 
is a master mason.
  He has been a member of the Loudon County Farm Bureau since 1944, and 
he has been a member and director of the Loudon County Livestock 
Association since 1970.
  He also serves as a director of Tellico Area Services System, and he 
has been church treasurer, elder, and deacon at First Presbyterian 
Church of Greenback.
  Shag Hudson's greatest pride and joy is not in his community service, 
however, as great as that has been. Rather, it is in his family. He has 
been married to his wife, Willie Dixon, for over 56 years. They are the 
proud parents of two children, a daughter, Brenda Powell and son, 
Ronald Hudson. His son-in-law is John Powell and daughter-in-law, Judy 
Hudson.
  He is even prouder of his grandchildren, Scott and Eric Powell and 
Kelly, Kent, and Leigh Hudson.
  I wanted to inform my colleagues and other readers of the Record 
about the life and career of Shag Hudson. This country would be a far 
better place if we had more citizens like Jacob George Hudson, and on 
behalf of a greatful nation, I want to wish him a very happy 80th 
birthday, and best wishes for many more.

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