[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2139-E2140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING JAMES ``JIMMY'' C. PHARR

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                        HON. TRAVIS W. CHILDERS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 27, 2008

  Mr. CHILDERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor James ``Jimmy'' C. 
Pharr on his 74th birthday. Jimmy has a long record as a leader in the 
Marietta, Prentiss County, Mississippi community. He served for years 
as an alderman and mayor of Marietta and the community has grown under 
his leadership. He was also one of the founding members of the Prentiss 
County Development Association, an entity that continues to be the 
cornerstone for economic growth in Prentiss County. Jimmy continues to 
support Marietta's schools, churches, and civic organizations and is 
the owner of local sawmills, employing hardworking people in the town. 
At an age when many others choose to retire, he goes to work at the 
sawmill every day. I ask my colleagues to please join me in recognizing 
James ``Jimmy'' C. Pharr, for whom I have great respect, for his life 
of service to the town of

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Marietta, Prentiss County and the great State of Mississippi on his 
74th birthday.

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