[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 86 (Thursday, May 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H5196-H5197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE LIFE OF MARIE FIKES CARASTRO

  (Mr. PALMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALMER. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Marie Fikes 
Carastro, who was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on March 28, 1929. She 
attended Tuscaloosa High School and later enrolled at the University of 
Alabama.
  While at the university, Marie played in three ``Honey Bowls,'' a 
charity game held at Denny Stadium between female students from 1946 to 
1948, with lowerclassmen playing for team Bumble Bees and the 
upperclassmen playing for team Hummingbirds.
  In 1948, Marie played the position of quarterback. Now at the age of 
93, she has the distinction of being the oldest living former 
quarterback of a University of Alabama football team.
  Marie graduated from the university in 1950 with a degree an 
institutional management. After graduation she went on to earn a 
master's degree and her private pilot license. Her love of aviation was 
influenced by her brother James Talmadge Fikes, a radio operator on a 
B-24 bomber during World

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War II, who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country over Romania in 
1944.
  Marie met her husband, the late Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence 
Carastro, while working with the Alabama Civil Air Patrol. She is the 
mother of two children and spent her career as a practicing 
nutritionist. She had over 50 years of flying experience and was 
recognized in 2015 with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
  Marie has lived a life of great distinction, and I celebrate her many 
noteworthy accomplishments.

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