[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 107 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF MARVIN HAROLD ``BOBBY'' CALDWELL

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                        HON. TRAVIS W. CHILDERS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 16, 2009

  Mr. CHILDERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Marvin 
Harold ``Bobby'' Caldwell on the occasion of his 85th birthday. Mr. 
Caldwell was born on July 18, 1924, in the Pleasant Hill community, 
Alcorn County, Mississippi to Joseph Sidney and Mary Edna Caldwell. 
When he was six months old, his parents bought a 35 acre farm on which 
Mr. Caldwell still lives today. Mr. Caldwell learned early how hard 
life could be. At the age of five, his father was killed after becoming 
tangled in the gear of a mule and died. By the age of 7, Mr. Caldwell 
was driving the cotton wagon to the gin to have the cotton baled. Upon 
arriving at the gin, often the older people would allow him to have his 
cotton baled first so he could get home before dark.
  Hard work as a child paid off and at the age of 21, Mr. Caldwell went 
to work at E.I. Dupont and Company in New Jersey to work on the 
production of the Atomic Bomb. Upon returning home to Mississippi, he 
worked at the Sanford Hosiery Mill until it closed at which time he 
became a general contractor until retiring. Mr. Caldwell has always had 
a special place in his heart for children and in 1971 was elected to 
the Alcorn County School Board on which he served for 36 years. As of 
today, he is still active in his home church, Pleasant Hill United 
Methodist Church, is a 32 degree Mason, York Rite, Shrine Club and 
Eastern Star Member.
  I thank my colleagues for joining me today to honor Mr. Bobby 
Caldwell for a life of service and congratulate him on his birthday.

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