[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 32 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING G. FRANKLIN CRUMPLER, HOKE COUNTY CORONER

  (Mr. HAYES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the accomplishments 
of G. Franklin Crumpler, coroner for Hoke County, North Carolina. Mr. 
Crumpler holds the distinction of being the longest-serving elected 
official in North Carolina.
  In 1960, G. Franklin Crumpler was appointed coroner for Hoke County 
after the serving coroner moved away. He served the unexpired term for 
3 years and then ran for the office to which he was elected and has 
served in this capacity consecutively for the past 42 years.
  He is married to the former Dayne Capps and has two sons, a daughter, 
and 11 grandchildren. Frank and his wife moved to Raeford in April of 
1960 and opened a funeral home. Since then they have purchased a 
funeral home in Red Springs, North Carolina, and are part owners of 
LaFayette Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
  Frank was born in nearby Sampson County in 1934 to the late Margaret 
Bradshaw and Gordon Crumpler. Frank graduated from Clinton High School 
in Clinton, North Carolina; Cincinnati College of Embalming; and 
Missouri Auction School in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a funeral 
service licensee, an auctioneer, and sells insurance.
  He is a member and lifetime deacon of Raeford Baptist Church, past 
president and lieutenant governor of Raeford Kiwanis Club of which he 
was awarded ``Man of the Year.'' He is on the board of directors of 
Raeford-Hoke Chamber of Commerce and past president of Red Springs 
Chamber of Commerce. He is also a mason and a Shriner.
  Please join me in expressing the appreciation of the House to Mr. G. 
Franklin Crumpler for over 4 decades of dedicated service to the 
citizens of Hoke County, North Carolina.

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