[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E855-E856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THE MEMORY OF EZRA ``BUD'' AND MARY CAROTHERS

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 2, 2009

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, the town of Winfield, Alabama recently 
lost two dear friends, and I rise today to honor Ezra Bonner ``Bud'' 
Carothers and Mary Lee Hill Carothers and pay tribute to their memory.
  A native of Marion County, Bud was a resident of the Winfield area 
most of his life. He graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 
Montgomery and attended the University of Alabama. He was in the U.S. 
Marine Corps and served in Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Philippines, Peluloe and 
Saipan.
  Mary was also a native of Marion County. She graduated from Winfield 
High School and went on to attend Fairfax Hall College in Waynesboro, 
Virginia, as well as the University of Alabama.
  Loved by their family, respected by the entire community, Bud and 
Mary are perhaps best known for the Winfield Quick Freeze, a meat 
processing facility in Winfield that the couple owned and operated for 
almost four decades. They were also both active members of Winfield 
First United Methodist Church.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering two 
dedicated community leaders known to many throughout northwest Alabama.
  Ezra Bonner ``Bud'' Carothers and Mary Lee Hill Carothers will be 
dearly missed by their family--their sons, William Russell Carothers II 
and his wife Becky, and Robert Leroy ``Bubba'' Carothers and his wife 
Rebecca; their eight grandchildren, Melissa Carothers Beard, William 
Russell Carothers III, Christian Hill Carothers, Robert Leroy Carothers 
Jr., Brooks Reed Carothers, Ryan Lee Carothers, Julia Gardner, and 
Amanda Gardner; their eight great-grandchildren, Mary Kate Beard, 
Spencer Beard, Will Carothers, John Carothers, Nicholus Carothers, 
Elizabeth Carothers, Allie Carothers, and Caroline Carothers; and 
nieces and nephews--as well as the countless friends they have left 
behind.

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  Our thoughts and prayers are with them all during this difficult 
time.

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