[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E81]
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                    IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM EDWARD DAY

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 28, 2003

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Mr. William Edward ``Ed'' Day of Lebanon, MO.
  Mr. Day was born in Windyville, MO, on October 30, 1926, son of Henry 
G. and Gertie M. Sweaney Day. He graduated from Windyville High School 
in 1944 and went on to answer his call to duty. Ed served his country 
in World War II with the U.S. Army and was stationed in Japan shortly 
after the end of the war. He came home and attended Draughn Business 
College in Springfield, MO. Not long after this, he was united in 
marriage to Barbara Jean McCain on May 29, 1948. They were blessed with 
four wonderful children, two daughters and two sons.
  Mr. Day began his career in the oil business with Ozark Petroleum 
Company, which later became Skelly Oil. Skelly Oil took he and his 
family to Springfield, Joplin, and Kansas City. Mr. Day and a longtime 
friend of his, Will Bradley, decided to quit the oil business in 1969 
and start their own business. Their new business was called B & D Truck 
Port and Restaurant in Lebanon, MO, and had been serving customers for 
the last 33 years.
  Along with his successful business, Mr. Day was very active in his 
local church, First Christian Church. He served as chairman of the 
board, Elder Emertitus and he and his wife were members of the Pairs 
and Spares Sunday School Class. He was also closely involved in the 
Lebanon community. Ed was a Lebanon ambassador, a member of the Lebanon 
Chamber of Commerce, served on the board of directors of the Lebanon 
Country Club and the Lebanon Park Board. He was a past president and 
co-chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of the National 
Association of Truck Stop Operators in Washington, DC, with his friend 
Mr. Bradley, for many years.
  Mr. Speaker, Ed Day was a valuable leader in his church and 
community. He was a genuine human being who would give you the shirt 
off of his back. I know the Members of the House will join me in 
extending heartfelt condolences to his family: his wife, Barbara; his 
two daughters, Barbara and Mary Catherine; his two sons, Mike and 
Patrick; and all of his grandchildren.

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