[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 108 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1134-E1135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       NORTH CAROLINA STATE REPRESENTATIVE JERRY CHARLES DOCKHAM

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                        HONORABLE RICHARD HUDSON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2013

  Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, North Carolina state representative Jerry 
Dockham has been a public servant of Davidson County for 23 years. 
Appointed to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1990, 
Representative Dockham was continuously elected to serve 12.5 terms to 
represent the 80th District in the NC House.
   A business graduate of Wake Forest University, Jerry operated an 
insurance company in his hometown of Denton, North Carolina for 38 
years.
   During his time in the North Carolina House, Jerry served as 
Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, Vice-Chairman of the Committee 
on Banking and a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Commerce and Job Development. Representative Dockham 
was consistently ranked in the top 10% of House legislators by the 
North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation. He has received numerous 
awards, such as, `Legislator of the Year' by the North Carolina Society 
of Anesthesiologists and the `Emergency Medicine Advocate of the Year 
Award' by the North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians.
   The husband of a teacher assistant, Representative Dockham has 
served on the Davidson County Community College Board of Trustees for 
26 years. Jerry is an active member of his community, serving as a 
member of the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce and a member of the 
Denton Lions Club. He and his wife, Louise, are the proud parents of 
Andy and Matthew.
   In his farewell speech on the floor of the North Carolina House, 
Representative Dockham left his colleagues with these words of advice: 
``I would just leave you with two requests. First of all, always honor 
this chamber. Always honor the House of Representatives and what it 
stands for. This is the People's House. And secondly, I would ask you 
this: always be kind to each other. We're down here,

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we're away from home, we're away from our family and we deserve to be 
kind to each other. Whether you agree or disagree with someone, it 
doesn't cost anything to be kind to that person.''
   Mr. Speaker, I rise to call his extraordinary service and devotion 
to North Carolina to the attention of my colleagues and other readers 
of the Record.

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