[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 29 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E220]
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                        HONORING NED GATHWRIGHT

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a 
remarkable veteran of the Korean Conflict from July 30, 1954 until July 
25, 1957.
  Ned Gathwright served in the United States Army in the Infantry 11 
Bravo Company. He received his Basic and Advanced Individual Training 
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. His duty stations were Airborne School 
at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Co E 505th Infantry 2nd Airborne 
Battalion Group in Augsburg, Germany. For his service, he has received 
the National Defense Medal, Parachutist Badge, and the Good Conduct 
Medal.
  Mr. Gathwright's early education was in the Coahoma County Schools, 
graduating in 1954 from Coahoma County Agricultural High School. In 
1957, he enrolled at Coahoma Junior College on the Montgomery GI Bill. 
Upon graduating, he entered Jackson State University and received his 
Bachelor Degree in 1960. The Quitman County School District employed 
him in the district's Science and Math Departments the same year. He 
continued his formal education at UCLA, Texas A & M, Michigan State 
University, and received his Master in Education at the University of 
Mississippi.
  He is married to the former Fannie Hurst and they have two daughters: 
Sabrina and Katrina. He's a member of the Greenhill Missionary Baptist 
Church and Coahoma Community College Board of Trustee.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mr. Ned 
Gathwright, who has dedicated his life to serving his country and 
community.

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