[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 57 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E800]
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                       REMEMBERING BUNKY HUGGINS

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 11, 2006

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Mississippi legislature 
said good-bye to a long time friend and public servant. State Senator 
Robert Gene Huggins--``Bunky'' to everyone who knew him--passed away 
Wednesday in Jackson, Mississippi, after a long battle with cancer.
  Bunky was born in Carrollton, Mississippi on November 12, 1938. He 
graduated from Greenwood High School and attended the University of 
Southern Mississippi and Mississippi College. A farmer and businessman, 
he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1971 and reelected 
for two more terms before moving to the Senate in 1984 where he served 
for 22 years. Most recently he was chairman of the Senate Corrections 
Committee and had previously served as chairman of the Appropriations 
Committee and the Public Health Committee.
  His funeral will be at his home church, St. John's Methodist Church 
in Greenwood.
  Mr. Speaker, our prayers are with Bunky's family: his wife, Gerry and 
his two children and four grandchildren. He will be remembered as a 
hard worker and a dedicated public servant with a love for Mississippi 
and his Delta home. His humor and wit and tireless dedication to public 
service will be remembered by colleagues and constituents for years to 
come. I hope Congress joins me today in remembering this honored public 
official.

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