[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E646]
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                          THANK YOU, MAYOR COX

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                             HON. ED BRYANT

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 14, 1999

  Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, the residents of Collierville, TN, will be 
seeing an historic change in their home this year. Collierville Mayor 
Herman Wright Cox has decided to step down after serving the residents 
of this West Tennessee city for 40 years.
  Mayor Cox began his career in public service in 1959, first as a city 
alderman until 1965 when he was elected vice mayor for the city. Then 
in 1975, he was elected for the first time as mayor.
  Since that time, Mayor Cox and the rest of Collierville has seen 
enormous growth within the community from small businesses to large 
corporations making the city their home and employing so many 
Collierville residents.
  But aside from the business and industry in the region, the community 
has made monumental strides in providing a variety of community-based 
parks and recreation facilities, such as the Collierville Community 
Center, the Harrell Performing Arts Theater, Powell Road Park, W.C. 
Johnson Park, Suggs Park, and the renovation of the town square and the 
greenbelt walkways.
  Mayor Cox also ensured the community a state of the art police 
station, an award-winning police department, new fire stations and a 
highly qualified fire department.
  Mayor Cox's legacy also includes the prestigious 3-star rating and 
designation for the town, which speaks volumes of the work he has done 
for this city.
  I commend Mayor Cox for his outstanding contribution to the 
community, which has thrived under his administration. It is a great 
loss to the community to have him out of the mayor's office, but it is 
comforting to know that we can always find him at his service station 
office if we ever need advice or some guidance as Collierville 
continues to grow.

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