[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1367]
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           DR. FRANK LEGGETT--FAMED BASSFIELD DOCTOR RETIRES

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                           HON. RONNIE SHOWS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2000

  Mr. SHOWS. Mr. Speaker, I stand before you, my colleagues and the 
American people to tell you about an American treasure--Dr. Frank 
Leggett of Bassfield. Dr. Leggett has been a judge, mayor, coroner, 
alderman, football team physician, church deacon, and hospital chief of 
staff. In his spare time, Dr. Leggett delivered 300 precious lives to 
the community of Bassfield and our part of Mississippi. He brought 
lives into this world, then he nurtured them, served them and took care 
of them. Dr. Leggett gave more than he received. Our home, my home, 
Bassfield, is forever a better place because of the contributions of 
Dr. Frank Leggett.
  Dr. Leggett was born in Brookhaven, MS, back in 1926. His early life 
was marked by our Nation's Great Depression and our greatest war--World 
War II. Dr. Leggett is part of the greatest generation who not only 
endured, but survived and built and gave. He and his generation gave us 
the greatest nation on the planet. He is a graduate of Ole Miss and 
Baylor. He worked in Meridian and then came to Bassfield in 1956.
  He says he retired on June 30 of this year. But, I have to say, after 
40 years on the Bassfield Board of Alderman, and Medical Staff 
President for 25 years at Jefferson Davis County Hospital (now Prentiss 
Regional Hospital) I don't think we will really allow this retirement 
to happen. He will still be with us. Dr. Leggett will be with us caring 
and giving and sharing like he always has. Dr. Leggett will be at 
church and across our community serving us as always.
  Dr. Leggett loves to travel. He has seen most of our world. But he 
always made it back home to Bassfield where he belonged and where we 
needed him. I am indeed honored to stand before the American people and 
say thank you to Dr. Frank Leggett.

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