[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 25 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S1053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING MIKE WILSON

 Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I speak with great sadness as I 
remember the life of a great Arkansan who passed away on February 8, 
2008: Michael Evans ``Mike'' Wilson.
  For the last 20 years, Mike served as the chairman and CEO of Lee 
Wilson and Company, a business that began to transform and build the 
Arkansas Delta region more than 100 years ago. Growing up the daughter 
of a rice farmer in eastern Arkansas, I knew of the Wilson family and 
how their name was synonymous with the values of hard work and 
enterprise throughout our region.
  Mike was not only the leader of his longtime family business; he was 
also a tireless servant for the city of Wilson and the State of 
Arkansas. He had served as mayor of Wilson since 1986 and was committed 
to economic development and advancing educational opportunity in 
Arkansas. He also lent his time to a considerable number of charitable 
organizations' boards and committees to further those goals.
  A 1965 graduate of the Citadel, Mike also loved his country. He 
served our Nation in the U.S. Army upon graduation and achieved the 
rank of captain before his honorable discharge.
  He was passionate about life, and I consider him a true friend. He 
will be missed by us all.
  My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Pat, son Perry, daughter 
Natalie, and their entire family at this time.

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