[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 184 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN REMEMBRANCE OF ED FENDIG, JR.

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of 
Mr. Ed Fendig, Jr. Ed was born in Brunswick, Georgia, in 1927 and moved 
to St. Simons Island shortly thereafter. Growing up, he was a very 
active Boy Scout, achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
  Through his late teens and 20s, he served in the Navy in the 
Philippines and later in the Georgia Air National Guard in Casablanca. 
Between services, he played football on scholarship at the University 
of Georgia. Go Dawgs.
  While stationed in Casablanca, he would go down to the port and watch 
the tugs dock and undock merchant ships and fell in love with the work. 
Shortly after returning from North Africa, Ed's application as an 
apprentice bar pilot was approved. Ed served actively as a State-
licensed bar pilot in the Port of Brunswick for 37 years.
  In addition to a full-time bar pilot, he also ran two long-time 
family businesses, Fendig Sign Company and Fendig Tire Company.
  Ed was a man of many talents and held a list of accolades. He was a 
community leader, but, more importantly, he was a husband, father, and 
grandfather.
  My thoughts and prayers go out to the Fendig family.

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