[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1417]
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                    IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH HENRY SKILES

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2000

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding 
citizen and community leader from the Fourth District of Texas--the 
late Joseph Henry Skiles, Jr., of Sanger, TX, who passed away earlier 
this year at the young age of 56.
  Mr. Skiles was president of Tenstrike Oil and Gas and advisory 
director of Guaranty National Bank of Sanger. He was a member of the 
Sanger Lions Club and the Public Library Board and was a lifetime 
member of the First United Methodist Church in Denton.
  Mr. Skiles was born on November 4, 1943, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 
Joseph Henry Skiles, Sr., and Kathleen Clayton Skiles. A graduate of 
Denton High School, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1965 
from Southern Methodist University and a jurisprudence degree in 1968 
from Harvard University School of Law. He served in the U.S. Air Force 
and was a Vietnam veteran.
  Mr. Skiles is preceded in death by his wife Kathleen Dolan Skiles. He 
is survived by his son, Clayton Dolan Skiles and daughter, Claire 
Elizabeth Blanche Skiles, and many other family members and friends. He 
was an integral part of his community and will be sorely missed. So as 
we adjourn today, let us do so in memory of Joseph Henry Skiles, Jr.

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