[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 92 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E451-E452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF ORRIN (BOODY) BROWN, JR.

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 15, 2020

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize the 100th birthday of Orrin (Boody) Brown, Jr.
  Mr. Brown was born on Easter Sunday April 4th, 1920, to Orrin and 
Mary Charles at their home on South 4th Avenue in Opelika, Alabama. 
During his childhood, Mr. Brown attended Miriam S. Brown Elementary 
School.

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As a teenager, his family moved to North 8th Street just across from 
Cliff Hare High School where he graduated in 1937. He worked several 
after-school and summer jobs including working as a soda jerk at a 
local pharmacy. Always a music lover, Mr. Brown played the alto 
saxophone with a small group of friends in town.
  After high school graduation, he attended Alabama Polytechnic 
Institute (API), now known as Auburn University. With World War II 
looming, Mr. Brown joined the Air Cadet program, but failed the initial 
physical because he didn't meet the weight requirement. After 
increasing his dietary intake, he passed the physical. He graduated in 
1941 with a degree in Aeronautical Supervision and was then 
commissioned in the Army Air Corps.
  Mr. Brown was assigned to Cherry Point, North Carolina where he 
learned to fly anti-sub patrol as a navigator/bombardier. When the U.S. 
joined the war, his group was sent to England as part of the 8th Air 
Force. He flew 30 missions in B-24s dropping supplies and agents to the 
French, Belgian and Norwegian resistance. He remained in the National 
Guard after the war and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel.
  After returning to Opelika, Mr. Brown worked assisting veterans with 
loans. He met his future wife, Barbara Saunders on a blind date. They 
married in October of 1947 and were blessed with three daughters: 
Barbara (Bebe) and twin sisters Stephanie and Debbie. Mr. Brown has ten 
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Brown worked at the Alabama Gas Company and later with Botsford 
Knight Insurance Agency until his retirement. He was an active member 
of First United Methodist Church where he sang in the choir and 
participated in the Lumpkin Sunday School Class. He has been a member 
of the Kiwanis Club for over 60 years and was a member of the 
Saugahatchee Country Club where he enjoyed playing golf and preferred 
walking to riding in a golf cart. He still enjoys watching Auburn and 
SEC sports.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing Mr. Brown and wishing 
him a very happy 100th birthday.

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