[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 76 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CONGRESSMAN THOMAS G. ABERNETHY

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, it is with a feeling of profound sadness 
that I advise the Senate that former Mississippi Congressman Thomas G. 
Abernethy died last night in Jackson, MS. He was 95 years of age. He 
served with great distinction in the U.S. House of Representatives for 
30 years, and he was deeply respected as an influential and prominent 
political leader.
  Tom Abernethy was born in Eupora, MS, on May 16, 1903. He attended 
the University of Alabama, and the University of Mississippi, and 
graduated from the Law Department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, 
TN, in 1924.
  He was elected mayor of Eupora, MS, in 1927, and in 1929 he moved to 
Okolona. He continued to practice law there and was elected district 
attorney in 1936. He was elected to Congress in 1942.
  Tom Abernethy became a close friend and an adviser to me. I sought 
his advice on matters involving agriculture, the Natchez Trace Parkway, 
and many other issues of importance to me and to our State. I always 
found his advice and counsel very valuable and helpful.
  I extend to his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren my 
sincerest condolences.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.

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