[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 98 (Thursday, July 18, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1299]
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                          CHAMPION OF HOUSING

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                        HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 18, 2002

  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
leader and a pillar of the community, Rollan Jones.
  Founder and Chairman of the Board of R-Anell Housing Group in Denver, 
North Carolina, Rollan was known as a driving force in the manufactured 
housing industry until his death on May 29, 2002. His vision and his 
determination were contributing factors to the growth of manufactured 
housing in North Carolina and the Southeast. In his 46 years in the 
manufactured housing industry, he gained expertise in every facet of 
the business, from production line to Chairman of the Board.
  His accomplishments as an innovator and leader in the manufactured 
housing industry were nationally recognized with his induction into the 
Hall of Fame in 1994. He was also a founding member and past President 
of the North Carolina Manufactured Housing Institute, James E. Lavasque 
Award recipient, and served on the MHI Board of Directors for ten 
years.
  Rollan is credited with pioneering many of the manufacturing 
processes and technologies in use today. Noted as a champion of design, 
materials, workmanship and service, he established the core principles 
required to make R-Anell Housing Group an industry benchmark.
  He will be remembered through the countless lives he touched, the 
friends, family and acquaintances he held so important, and his habit 
of lending a hand wherever it was needed. In all of his glory, through 
his tireless efforts in the housing industry, somehow Rollan found the 
time to be a FINE fisherman as well. He will be sorely missed.

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