[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 103 (Friday, July 10, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY, MR. ALBERT McCALL, SR.

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 10, 2009

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to 
join me in honoring the 80th birthday of one of Tennessee's finest 
citizens, Mr. Albert McCall, Sr., of Carthage, Tennessee.
  Born and raised in Smith County, Tennessee, Mr. McCall earned two 
degrees--a bachelor's at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and a master's 
at the University of Missouri--before serving as an Army Artillery 
Officer and in the dangerous position of a forward observer during the 
Korean war.
  After returning home from the war, he married Miss Virginia Olive 
Doran in 1955 and began working in the family business, DT McCall and 
Sons, founded by his father and still a vital business and significant 
employer in Tennessee some 100 years later.
  Mr. McCall has two fine children, Albert McCall II and Menda 
Elizabeth McCall Holmes, and four grandchildren: Alex, Kate, Monica and 
Derek. He is a member of the First Baptist Church in Carthage and has 
been active in civic affairs for many years across Tennessee. His 
leadership has been crucial to the success of our State, and I am 
humbly grateful to him for the many years of hard work and sacrifice he 
has provided.
  Madam Speaker, I congratulate Albert on a life well-lived and ask my 
colleagues to join me in celebrating his past, present, and future 
accomplishments.

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