[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LIFE OF VERNON DEE MARTIN

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember and 
honor the life of Mr. Vernon Dee Martin of St. Simons Island, Georgia, 
who peacefully passed away on June 12 at the age of 78.
  Vernon was born in Oklahoma and moved to St. Simons Island in 1969, 
after accepting a position with the Coastal Georgia Regional 
Development Commission. At the time, he would become the youngest 
executive director of a regional agency in the United States. It is at 
the Coastal Georgia Regional Development Commission that I met Vernon, 
as I served as the chair of that commission during the time that he was 
executive director.
  Some of Vernon's accomplishments include securing the Federal Law 
Enforcement Center in Brunswick and the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base 
in Camden County. He also proudly served in the Georgia Army and 
Georgia Air National Guard for 40 years, retiring as a colonel.
  Through every position he had, he worked to better his community and 
improve the lives of others. One cannot visit Georgia's First 
Congressional District without seeing the profound impacts Vernon made 
for his community.

  My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who 
knew him during this most difficult time.

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