[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 101 (Friday, July 16, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1570]
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                        IN MEMORY OF M.L. ANSON

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 16, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Marion Leslie (M.L.) Anson, 77, of Higginsville, 
Missouri.
  Mr. Anson was born December 23, 1921, in Higginsville and lived most 
of his lifetime in the Higginsville area. He was a 1940 graduate of 
Higginsville High School and also a graduate of Westminster College in 
Fulton, Missouri. He was a member and past president of Phi Delta 
Theta, a social fraternity. Mr. Anson served with the United States 
Navy in the Pacific Theatre during world War II with the rank of 
Lieutenant, Junior Grade.
  Mr. Anson was active in the community. He was a former member of the 
Higginsville Board of Aldermen, the Higginsville Board of Education, 
and a founding member of the Higginsville Country Club, where he served 
as a member of the Board of Directors. He was a past member of the 
Lion's Club and was active in the Boy Scouts, serving in the Tribe of 
Mic-O-Say. He was a member of the Higginsville American Legion Post 
#223 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #6270. Mr. Anson was a 
sponsor of the Save our Strays program in Lafayette County. He was also 
a member of Central Christian Church in Higginsville, where he served 
as a deacon and was a longtime member of the church choir.
  Mr. Anson was the secretary-treasurer and co-owner with his son, 
Joseph, of Anson Implement, Inc., a John Deere Dealership in 
Higginsville. He was a former co-owner of the Smith-Anson Implement 
Company in Odessa, until the early 1950s, when he joined the 
Higginsville business with his father, Leslie Anson, and his brother-
in-law, James O. Smith.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Anson was a fine American and a true friend. I know 
the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his wife, Mary Lou; his son, Joseph; his three 
daughters, Maris, Jennifer, and Marion; his sister, Jean; seven 
grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren.

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