[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 8, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1117-E1118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 IN MEMORY OF PAUL ``MR. PAUL'' S. AMOS

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 8, 2014

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, July 5 
funeral services were held for Paul ``Mr. Paul'' S. Amos. Mr. Amos, 88, 
was remembered as a man of ``rock-solid integrity'' and was the last 
surviving founder of Columbus-based Aflac Insurance. As a 
representative of South Carolina's Second District, I especially 
appreciate Aflac's extraordinary success and expansion acquiring 
Continental American Insurance Company led by CFO Chris Goodall in 
Columbia generating hundreds of jobs.
  Funeral services were held at St. Luke United Methodist Church in 
Columbus, Georgia, with interment following the service in Parkhill 
Cemetery.
  His obituary in The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia, contained 
this tribute:

       Paul S. Amos, who with his two brothers founded Aflac 
     Incorporated nearly six decades ago, passed away late 
     Wednesday night, July 2, 2014, after a lengthy illness. He 
     was 88 years old. Funeral services will be held at St. Luke 
     United Methodist Church in Columbus, GA, at 3:00 PM on 
     Saturday, July 5, 2014. It will be preceded by public 
     visitation beginning at 2:00 PM at the St. Luke United 
     Methodist Church Ministry Center. There will be a private 
     burial service following the funeral.
       Paul S. Amos was born April 23, 1926 in Enterprise, Ala. 
     the son of the late John Shelby and Helen Mullins Amos. Mr. 
     Amos was raised in Enterprise, Ala. and Milton, Fla. He and 
     his wife, the former Jean Roberts, met in church when she was 
     just 17 years old and celebrated their 65th wedding 
     anniversary in October of last year. The couple's only child, 
     Daniel P. Amos, is Aflac's current chairman and CEO. The Amos 
     brothers founded Aflac in 1955 and, in its first year of 
     business, the company had 6,426 policyholders and $388,000 in 
     assets. Today, it is a Fortune 500 company with more than 
     $121 billion in assets and insures more than 50 million 
     people worldwide. Aflac is the leading provider of 
     supplemental insurance products and pays cash directly to 
     policyholders to use as needed. During his long tenure at 
     Aflac, Mr. Amos held numerous positions, both at corporate 
     headquarters and as a hands-on member of the sales force. He 
     served as state sales manager for Alabama/West Florida, first 
     vice president/director of marketing, president, vice 
     chairman and chairman. Although he retired in 2001, he 
     remained a familiar figure at Aflac and loved to be among the 
     employees and sales team members who continued the company's 
     legacy. Amos, who continued to make daily visits to Aflac's 
     offices in Columbus, Ga., and served as Chairman Emeritus, 
     was beloved by the insurer's more than 8,000 employees and 
     185,000 agents worldwide. He was known affectionately 
     throughout the company as ``Mr. Paul.''
       In addition to helping build the world's largest 
     supplemental insurance company, Amos established a quiet 
     history of philanthropy and community service. Through 
     anonymous donations and the endowment of educational funds 
     and scholarship programs, he and Jean touched thousands of 
     lives with major financial commitments. Their efforts 
     included the Paul and Jean Amos Educational Fund at Asbury 
     Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.; the Paul S. Amos Family 
     Foundation at Columbus State University in Columbus, Ga.; the 
     Scholarship Fund at Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Ky.; 
     and many unheralded contributions to those in need. Amos 
     received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Cumberland 
     College in May 2001. Columbus State University honored him 
     with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree in May 2002. 
     In 2004, Amos received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 
     from Asbury Theological Seminary.
       Amos is survived by his wife, Jean; their son Daniel P. 
     Amos and his wife Kathelen; two grandchildren, Lauren Amos 
     and her husband Tyler Clayton, and Paul S. Amos II and his 
     wife, Courtney; and four great-grandchildren, Dan Amos, 
     Mansell Amos, Knox Amos and Eden Amos.

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       In lieu of flowers, however, the family asks that 
     contributions in his memory be made to the Aflac Cancer and 
     Blood Disorder Center in Atlanta or St. Luke United Methodist 
     Church in Columbus.

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