[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1428-E1429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO PARKER OVERTON

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                         HON. GREGORY F. MURPHY

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 12, 2019

  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
Parker Overton of Grimesland, North Carolina. Mr. Overton was recently 
presented The Order of the Long Leaf Pine on October 22nd. The Order of 
the Long Leaf Pine is the highest award for state service granted by 
the Governor. It is presented to persons for exemplary service to the 
state of North Carolina and its communities that is above and beyond 
the call of duty and which has made a significant impact and 
strengthened North Carolina.
  Mr. Overton, who grew up on Greenville, is the founder of Overton's, 
the world's largest

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catalog of watersports and boating supplies from 1975 to 2003. He is 
chairman-elect of Greenville Utilities Corporation, chairman of the 
Board of Vidant Health Foundation, founding director and former board 
member of Metrics Pharmaceuticals, founding member of Select Bank and 
Trust Greenville and Select Bancorp, former president of the N.C. State 
Veterinary Foundation, member of the Advisory Board for the East 
Carolina University Chemistry Department and was instrumental in 
securing funding for the ECU School of Dental Medicine.
  Madam Speaker, please join me today in honoring this great citizen of 
the state of North Carolina.

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