[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 155 (Saturday, December 19, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN RECOGNITION OF RUSSELL EUBANK

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 1998

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay my respects to 
and honor a man dedicated to his community, his family and his church--
Mr. Russell Eubank of Canton, Texas.
  Mr. Eubank was born June 8, 1918, in Hamilton County to the late Mr. 
and Mrs. Robert Lee Eubank. He grew up in Wills Point, Texas, and was 
salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class at Wills Point High School. 
Mr. Eubank received a B.A. degree from North Texas State College. He 
then finished mortuary school in Dallas before entering the U.S. Navy 
in 1942. In 1946, at the end of the war, Mr. Eubank returned to Canton 
to operate the Eubank brothers' businesses. Active in several 
organizations, in 1968-69 he served as president of both the Texas 
Cemetery Association and the Texas Association of Life Insurance 
Officials. He also served on the local school board, city council and 
did other civic work as well.
  Honored for his commitment to the community Mr. Eubank received the 
Man of the Year Award of Van Zandt County in 1990 and the Canton 
Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Citizen Award in 1979. A member of the 
Masonic Lodge No. 141, AF&AM, Mr Eubank also received the Golden Trowel 
Award.
  Mr. Eubank was also a 50-year member of the Lions Club, a Mason and a 
Long time member of the First Methodist Church of Canton.
  After a long illness, Mr. Eubank passed away at his Canton residence 
on June 20, 1998. He is survived by his wife, three sons and ten 
grandchildren. Mr. Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do so in honor 
of and respect for this outstanding East Texan--the late Russell 
Eubank.

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