[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H5290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                      HONORING CLARENCE HOLLOWELL

  (Mr. RUTHERFORD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. Clarence 
Hollowell from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, for his service to our 
country and to our Jacksonville community.
  Mr. Hollowell is a veteran of the United States Army, who now spends 
his weekdays serving his community as a U.S. postal worker and his 
weekends at local cemeteries cleaning the headstones of our fallen 
veterans. From start to finish, each headstone takes about 2 to 3 weeks 
to clean and, incredibly, Mr. Hollowell has cleaned over 600 of them. 
He does so selflessly, purchasing his own materials, and meticulously 
scrubbing each headstone with a toothbrush until the stone glistens 
white.
  In his own words, Mr. Hollowell says that ``Everybody's got to have a 
project, and I think if you can help the community, even better.''
  On behalf of the Fourth District of Florida, I thank Mr. Hollowell 
for his service and his inspiration to his community.

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