[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   TRIBUTE TO RUSSELL ``RUSTY'' BERRY

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                           HON. MARION BERRY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 18, 1999

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a great Arkansan 
and great American.
  He is my wonderful brother Russell (Rusty) Berry. Rusty was the last 
of four children born to Eleanor and Lloyd Berry in the Bayou Meto 
community of Arkansas County, Arkansas. They would be filled with pride 
to see him today, successful and responsible.
  Since he was ten years younger than his siblings the opportunity to 
be spoiled was great. He managed to overcome the influence of his 
siblings to become an accomplished attorney and stepfather.
  The loss of both parents before he finished high school presented a 
situation that could have been quite negative, but because of strong 
character passed on to him from our wonderful parents, he managed to 
successfully negotiate the treacherous waters of the seventies.
  As a country lawyer he continues to serve all the people with great 
skill and not just the ones that can pay. He is a credit to his 
profession, community, and family.
  He is one of the Berry Brothers. This means that he is always there 
when needed and never questions the need. It also means he has shared 
many pleasurable days in the field or woods with these same brothers.
  He is admired and loved by his nieces and nephews along with his step 
children. Uncle Rusty being around always brings excitement and 
anticipation for the children.
  He is a part of a vanishing group that came from the Bayou Meto-One 
Horse Store community where being neighbors and helping each other was 
a way of life.
  The world is a better place for his having been here, and we are all 
richer because he is part of our family.
  I am proud to call him my brother, and think of him with great love 
and affection.

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