[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E559]
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                    IN MEMORY OF JAMES G. PATTERSON

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 25, 2003

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, James G. Patterson of Cusseta, 
Alabama, died February 26, 2003, at the Veterans Administration Medical 
Center in Montgomery. He was 69 years old.
  Born August 22, 1933, in Valley, Mr. Patterson was a retired veteran 
of the U.S. Army. James G. Patterson was a proud Alabamian and a model 
citizen who loved the military. He was a retired employee of Wellington 
Sears Utilization Plant.
  Mr. Patterson was also an active proponent of civil rights. As a 
member of the Alabama National Guard, he protected 1960s civil rights 
marchers, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at events in Alabama 
and Mississippi.
  Mr. Patterson is survived by his daughter, Betty J. Teel of Valley; 
his son, James Earl Patterson of Washington, DC; and three 
grandchildren, Michael Corbin Teel, Jamie Patterson and Alexandra 
Patterson. His children remember their father warmly.

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