[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 17 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H669-H670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING STACY EGGERS, JR.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize Stacy Eggers, Jr., 
of Boone, North Carolina.

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  On March 20, Stacy will be 91 years old, but he hasn't let age slow 
him down one bit. He still goes daily to his office on West King Street 
where he has been continually practicing law since 1950. Back then, he 
was one of only four attorneys in Watauga County.
  Stacy is one of the last attorneys in the State of North Carolina who 
did not attend law school. He was admitted by the North Carolina State 
Bar to practice law on April 19, 1950, and eventually, his law practice 
became a family affair.
  He formed the law firm Eggers & Eggers with his son Stacy Eggers III 
in 1974 and later formed Eggers, Eggers, & Eggers when his daughter 
Rebecca Eggers-Gryder joined the practice.
  His grandson Stacy Eggers IV, who is known as Four, joined the firm 
in 2001. His granddaughter-in-law Kimberly Eggers joined the firm in 
2010. Another grandson, Austin Eggers, joined the firm in 2011.
  I think it bears repeating that Stacy still goes to work every day at 
the age of 90. In fact, he tried a property rights case with his 
grandson Four before a local jury at the age of 88. You rarely see that 
kind of dedication to one's profession anymore.
  In addition to his work in private practice, Stacy has served as 
county attorney for Watauga County, as well as town attorney for 
Blowing Rock and Seven Devils. His service to the bar also includes 
terms as councilor of the North Carolina State Bar for the 24th 
Judicial District, president of the Watauga Bar Association, and 
president of the 24th Judicial District Bar Association.
  He is an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association, where 
he served on the Client Security Fund Board, which helps reimburse 
individuals who have suffered financial loss as a result of the 
dishonest conduct of lawyers.
  In 1996, Stacy was inducted into the North Carolina General Practice 
Hall of Fame and received the Liberty Bell Award in 2008. The Liberty 
Bell Award is given annually by the North Carolina Bar Association's 
Young Lawyers Division to one individual who ``has strengthened the 
American system of freedom under law.''
  Active in the local community, Stacy has served as a member of the 
Watauga County Hospital Board of Trustees, the Watauga County Board of 
Elections, the Boone Rotary Club, the executive committee of the 
Watauga County Republican Party, the Boone Chamber of Commerce, and the 
Watauga Savings and Loan Association Board of Directors. He also 
currently serves on the board for LifeStore Bank.
  Prior to his career as a lawyer, Stacy served in the Army Air Corps 
during World War II. When describing the experience to his children in 
later years, he would say he received a personal invitation from the 
President to take an all-expense paid world tour.
  He left on a transport out of Charleston, North Carolina, and by the 
time he arrived in Los Angeles at the end of the war, he had served his 
country in locations across the globe, including Africa, the 
Mediterranean, India, and Tinian. Stacy is a lifetime member and past 
commander of the American Legion and a lifetime member and judge 
advocate of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  Stacy raised four children with his loving and supportive wife of 56 
years, Elizabeth Bingham Eggers, who passed away in 2004. He is blessed 
with eight grandsons and three great-grandsons and has another great-
grandbaby on the way. His family is one of the most respected families 
in Watauga County.
  Stacy is a man of few words but great wisdom. He has tremendous 
insights into human nature, and his observations are well worth 
hearing. Watauga County is fortunate to call this hardworking citizen 
one of its own.

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