[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1652]
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                      IN MEMORY OF PAUL DUNNINGTON

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
one of my closest friends and trusted advisors, the late Paul 
Dunnington of Monticello, Kentucky.
  Paul and I quickly became friends when my family moved to Monticello. 
We shared a lot of great memories together and remained close friends 
until his battle with cancer came to an untimely end on August 20, 
2012.
  Paul was a savvy entrepreneur and offered great wisdom and advice to 
several businesses, boards, and non-profit organizations, including the 
Monticello-Wayne County Industrial Foundation, the Chamber of Commerce, 
and my own public service in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District. 
In 1986, I tapped Paul to be one of the founding directors of the 
Southern Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED), where he 
dedicated 26 years to helping recruit new industry and more than 10,000 
new jobs to our rural region.
  In addition to his astute business skills, Paul had a heart of gold 
and an unmatched spirit of philanthropy. He dedicated his life to civic 
groups and organizations interested in helping the less fortunate, 
including the Kiwanis Club, Habitat for Humanity, the Kentucky Baptist 
Disaster Relief, and the Monticello Camp of Gideons International 
through which he dedicated 15 years to jail ministry, as well as 12 
foreign mission trips. He believed everyone deserved a second chance 
and made it his mission to help the struggling succeed. He was a 
founding member of the HELP Pregnancy Center in Monticello and recently 
established the Oxford House in partnership with his church, the 
Monticello First Baptist Church, to help men overcome drug addiction, 
giving them a place to live and helping them find work. One of his 
legacy projects and his most recent venture was the renovation of the 
Wayne County Museum, for which he diligently raised funds and dedicated 
a room in my honor.
  Southern Kentucky lost a true humanitarian in Paul Dunnington. May 
his legacy forever live on through the programs he established to 
improve the lives of our neighbors and loved ones. He made a difference 
in our region.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring a dear friend 
and a champion for the less fortunate, the late Paul Dunnington. My 
wife, Cynthia and I extend our deepest heartfelt sympathies to his wife 
Kathryn and the entire Dunnington family.

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