[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       REMEMBERING UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COLONEL EXA FAY HOOTEN

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember and honor a 
great West Texan, United States Air Force Colonel Exa Fay Hooten, of 
Abilene, Texas. She passed away on January 16 at the age of 92. She was 
born on August 27, 1928, in Floydada, Texas, to Maude Latham and 
Richard W. Hooten.
  After graduating high school, she attended Texas Tech University, 
where she received a bachelor's degree and then later received her 
Ph.D. from Texas Women's University.
  Exa Fay believed travel was second in importance only to a college 
education. She joined the Air Force and traveled the world working in 
military hospitals, taking care of our wounded warriors. After Active 
Duty, she entered the Reserves and was the first U.S. Air Force Reserve 
dietician to obtain the rank of full colonel.
  I thank Colonel Hooten for her service and patriotism. I thank her 
for showing us that, like the West Texas horizon, the possibilities of 
life are limitless when you pursue your passion and put others first.
  God bless, and go West Texas.

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