[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 143 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1113-E1114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY OF HENRY AND LONA 
                                MULLINAX

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 9, 2019

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize

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the 50th wedding anniversary of Henry and Lona Mullinax.
  Henry and Lona were married on August 29, 1969, at Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church in Anniston, Alabama, and spent their honeymoon in 
Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
  Lona transferred from Oxford High School to Walter Wellborn High 
School in 1967 where Henry was in school. The first time Henry saw 
Lona, she was walking the length of the football field on her hands. 
She was a cheerleader and Henry was a football player. They began 
dating in February of 1969 and have been together ever since.
  Henry attended college while working at Food Town Groceries and Lona 
worked for Western Super Markets in the home office in Birmingham, 
Alabama. They leased a 12-unit motel in early 1970 where Henry would 
attend college in the mornings, had the domestic help handle the office 
until returning at noon and then ran the office, did the maintenance 
and rented the rooms all afternoon and throughout the night. They lived 
in a 12 12 room with a small kitchenette behind the check-in counter 
for a year. Henry then got a job with Dresser Industries (M&H Valve) 
who paid every dime of his education. He later moved on to the car 
business and today owns Mullinax Auto Sales and serves as President of 
the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association.
  Lona and Henry are blessed with two daughters and two grandchildren. 
For their 50th wedding anniversary, they are taking a trip to Denali in 
Alaska and will go to Fairbanks for a week-long cruise with family and 
friends. They will renew their vows with the Captain of the ship.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing this milestone for my 
good friends Henry and Lona. Congratulations.

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