[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E341]
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                   IN MEMORY OF SHERIFF GENE DARNELL

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 13, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of Representatives of the passing of my good friend Gene Darnell, 
a resident of Lexington, Missouri. He was 68.
  Gene, a son of the late Ennis Mark and Hannah K. Elkins Darnell, was 
born in Dover, Missouri, on June 12, 1932. He married Leona ``Onie'' 
Clouse on March 6, 1954. Gene then served honorably and successfully in 
the United States Army. He was very proud of his service as a soldier.
  Gene was a deputy sheriff for Lafayette County from 1959 to 1964. In 
1964, he was elected Sheriff of Lafayette County, and he was reelected 
six additional times. Gene was truly a unique and highly respected 
politician, a brilliant investigator, a masterful interrogator and a 
believable witness. He was founding member of the Missouri Rural Major 
Case Squad, and was Missouri Sheriff Pension Board Director. He was 
also a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National 
Academy.
  Mr. Speaker, Gene Darnell will be greatly missed by all who knew him. 
I know the Members of the House will join in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family his wife Onie and his siblings, Fred Darnell, 
Kathryn Hayes and Mary Ann Mais.

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