[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING HILLIARD FLETCHER

 Mr. SHELBY. Madam President, today I wish to honor the life of 
my friend Hilliard Fletcher of Tuscaloosa, AL, who passed away on March 
13, 2016. He will be remembered as a skilled businessman, a devoted 
public servant, and a man who deeply cared about the city of 
Tuscaloosa.
  A native of Mobile, Hilliard graduated from the University of Alabama 
in 1957. He went on to serve our country as an officer in the U.S. 
Marine Corps and served for 14 years in the Reserves, retiring with the 
rank of major.
  Hilliard was the president of Duckworth-Morris Insurance Company and 
also served with distinction four terms as finance and waterworks 
commissioner on the Tuscaloosa City Commission. During those 16 years, 
he played an instrumental role in the creation of the mayor-council 
model of municipal government that we know today. He was also 
influential in the efforts that led to Congress passing the Lake 
Tuscaloosa Protection Act, which prevented the Federal Government from 
installing a hydroelectric powerplant on Lake Tuscaloosa's dam in 1970.
  In addition to his many years of service to the city of Tuscaloosa, 
Hilliard was a true leader in his community--serving on numerous boards 
and working with various charitable and business organizations. He 
served on the board of directors of First Alabama Bank, was the 
president of the United Way of West Alabama, and was president and 
director of the Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa. He also served as a board 
member and officer of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, was a 
member of the board of directors and membership chairman of the YMCA of 
Tuscaloosa, and was the Chairman of the Heart Fund Drive. Hilliard was 
on the DCH Foundation Board, was director of the Alabama League of 
Municipalities, and was a deacon of First Presbyterian Church of 
Tuscaloosa.
  Hilliard's many accomplishments, as well as his contributions to the 
city of Tuscaloosa and West Alabama, will not be soon forgotten. 
Tuscaloosa named the city's wastewater treatment plant after him in 
1998. The Community Foundation of West Alabama named him a ``Pillar of 
West Alabama'' in 2010 for his dedicated efforts and service to the 
area.
  The city of Tuscaloosa and the State of Alabama were fortunate to 
have a leader and a great man like Hilliard Fletcher, and he will be 
sorely missed. I offer my deepest condolences to his wife, Betty; his 
daughter, Beth Lubin; and his sons, Douglas and Curtis, as they 
celebrate his many life accomplishments and mourn this great 
loss.

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