[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING GEORGE BARNES

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 28, 2007

  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, on Saturday, March 3rd, the Knox County 
Republican Executive Committee will honor George Barnes, one of its 
greatest leaders.
  George was born on September 21, 1923, in Sevier County, Tennessee, 
and graduated from Sevier County High School.
  He then graduated from the University of Tennessee and had a 
distinguished career at Robertshaw Controls Corp. for almost 40 years.
  He was active in the Society for the Advancement of Management and 
the South Knoxville Optimist Club. He has been a member of Meridian 
Baptist Church for over 50 years.
  He has been a longtime member of the Knox County Republican Executive 
Committee and was president of the South Knoxville Republican Club and 
chairman of the 27th Precinct.
  Senator Ben Atchley has credited George Barnes as being the person 
who talked him into staying in the legislature as long as he did.
  Some people get into politics only for themselves. George Barnes has 
unselfishly worked for almost all Republican candidates and office 
holders over his active career.
  Working alongside him and supporting him in every way has been his 
wife, Flo. They are the proud parents of two daughters, Elizabeth, a 
speech pathologist for the Oak Ridge Schools, and Jean, a lawyer in 
Brentwood.
  George Barnes is honest, ethical, hardworking, patriotic, and above 
all else, kind. He has touched thousands of lives in good and positive 
ways.
  He is a truly great American and this Nation is a better place 
because of the life he has led.

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