[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E769-E770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING GARNER ``MACK'' GOODE FOR HIS LONG SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY

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                          HON. JOHN S. TANNER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 25, 2009

  Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend Garner 
``Mack'' Goode, a long-time leader in West Tennessee, who is retiring 
this month after more than four decades on the Crockett County Election 
Commission and who continues to serve our area in many other 
capacities.
  Governor Buford Ellington and the State Board of Election Supervisors 
first appointed Mack as a Democratic member the Commission of Elections 
for Crockett County in 1967. He has remained on the board for 41 years.
  Mack is also Chairman of the Gibson Electric Membership Cooperative 
Board of Trustees, which is important to rural communities all across 
West Tennessee. Mack's family has been involved in West Tennessee 
farming for decades, and Mack continues to manage 900 acres of crops. 
He also spent 42 years at the Bank of Alamo, including in the position 
of President and CEO. Mack served for 15 years on the Crockett County 
Board of Education and nine years on the Alamo City School Board. He 
has also served as Alamo City Alderman, a member of the Alamo/Crockett 
County Rotary Club and a member of the Alamo Jaycees.
  Mack has done a considerable amount of volunteer work in our area 
over the years, including 32 years with the Crockett County Rescue 
Squad and 26 years with the Alamo Fire Department. He has served on the 
Crockett County Emergency Management Board, as a Partner in Education 
for Alamo City School, as a supporter of various charitable 
organizations and as co-founder of the Mack and Mary June Goode 
``Special Needs Fund for Alamo City School'' Foundation.
  In between his community service and farming, Mack enjoys spending 
time with his wife Mary June Goode and their family. Their children are 
Bobby and Melinda Goode, and Reecha Black. Their grandchildren are 
Brandi and Rick Wilson, Garner and Rachel Goode, Jenna Black, Crockett 
Goode and Jessie Black. They have three great grandchildren, Lee 
Wilson, Mary Wilson and Luke Wilson. Mack is also an avid hunter, 
fisherman and golfer.

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  We know that as Mack will continue to be active in our community. His 
leadership and counsel will remain important to us as we work together 
to help increase industrial development in Crockett County and across 
rural West Tennessee.
  Madam Speaker, I hope you and our colleagues will join me as we thank 
Mack Goode for his long community service, congratulate him on his 41 
years on the Crockett County Elections Commission and wish him and his 
family all the best.

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