[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 27 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         REMEMBERING ALFRED P. HOLMES, JR., OF MOBILE, ALABAMA

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                             HON. BOB RILEY

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 12, 2002

  Mr. RILEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening in remembrance of my 
fellow Alabamian, Alfred P. Holmes, Jr., who was laid to rest earlier 
today in his hometown of Mobile. He was 71, and filled those years with 
family, friends, and service to his country and community, and I 
believe Congress should take note of his exceptional life.
  Mr. Holmes believed in public service. He believed that people should 
use their talents to help their fellow man. After earning a bachelor's 
degree and juris doctor degree from the University of Alabama, he began 
a distinguished legal career built upon those noble ideals.
  Mr. Holmes served his Nation as an officer in the U.S. Army's Judge 
Advocate General Corps and as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the 
Southern District of Alabama. He was a member of the local, State and 
Federal bar associations and past president of the Mobile Area Federal 
Bar Association.
  Mr. Holmes retired in 1990 as chief of the legal division in Mobile's 
district of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. While serving nearly three 
decades in that capacity, he helped guide the Corps' much-needed 
activities through complicated litigation, and paved the way for many 
of the monumental engineering and transportation projects that continue 
to benefit his fellow Alabamians.
  While at the Corps, Mr. Holmes was presented with the U.S. Corps of 
Engineers Exemplary Service Award and was inducted into the District 
Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees.
  Mr. Holmes was a graduate of Murphy High School and had lived in 
Mobile since childhood. He was a member of Ashland Place United 
Methodist Church and was chairman of its board of trustees at the time 
of his death.
  Alfred Holmes was a fine man who lived a fine life. He was loved and 
cherished by his wife, Angie, honored and respected by his sons, Parker 
and Brock, and adored by his grandson, Michael.
  They will miss a husband, a father, and a grandfather, and the entire 
city of Mobile will miss a dear friend and loyal citizen.
  We in Congress salute the life of Alfred Holmes.

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