[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 108 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                 HONORING THE LATE MR. L. PIERCE CARSON

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 23, 2017

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
late L. Pierce Carson. He passed away on May 20, 2017 at the age of 76. 
He was an impressive journalist who had a remarkable career at the Napa 
Valley Register. He possessed a cheerful and energetic personality in 
the Napa community and was a champion for local food, wine and art.
  Pierce was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1940 and attended Temple 
University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before serving our country in 
Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. After returning home, he began his career 
with the Napa Valley Register, a position he held for nearly fifty 
years before his passing last month. He will be remembered as a mentor 
of young journalists and for his sponsorship of the Tri-High Gazette, a 
student run section of the Register. Mr. Carson wrote about and loved 
Napa. In recent years, he found a second home in Prague where he 
enjoyed living part of each year.
  In his nearly fifty years of work as a journalist, Mr. Carson showed 
himself to be a friend and champion of Napa Valley food, wine and art. 
For many years, he served on the board of the Napa Valley Symphony and 
made it his priority to review their performances. Pierce could always 
be counted on to lend his writing talents to good causes. Over a 
twenty-five year period he volunteered for the Napa Valley Academy 
Awards party to raise funds and awareness for AIDS and HIV prevention 
and treatment.
  Mr. Speaker, Pierce Carson was generous, kind and an excellent 
writer. He brought our Napa Valley community together. His newspaper 
stories taught us the value of friendship, culture, generosity and good 
wine. Therefore, it is fitting and proper that we honor his life and 
legacy here today.

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