[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WILBUR DUMAS' 100TH BIRTHDAY

  (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 in honor of the 
100th birthday of Wilbur Dumas, a veteran and a well-accomplished 
Georgian.
  Wilbur was born in McRae, Georgia, in 1922 to James and Effie Dumas. 
In 1943, he married the love of his life, Pollie Snow, in Morven, 
Georgia.
  Following his marriage, he was drafted into the Army in 1944 during 
World War II and served in the Pacific. Wilbur was in the Tokyo Bay on 
September 2, 1945, when the official instrument of surrender was signed 
by the Japanese on the USS Missouri.
  After the war, he and Pollie moved to Port Wentworth where they 
raised a daughter and two sons. They bought a house on Commonwealth 
Avenue in 1951 where Wilbur still resides to this day. Wilbur retired 
from Kaiser Agricultural Chemical Plant in Port Wentworth in 1984.
  Unlike many, Wilbur lived to see his 100th birthday this past May, 
and it was an honor and a privilege to celebrate his birthday with him 
at our home church at Port Wentworth United Methodist Church.
  I wish Mr. Dumas a happy 100th birthday.
  What an amazing achievement.

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