[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF JOHN WALTER REVELL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Schrier). The Chair recognizes the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NORMAN. Madam Speaker, as a Member of the 117th Congress, I rise 
today to celebrate the life of John Walter Revell. John is the son of 
Jeanie Tanner Revell and Dr. Walter J. Revell, Jr., and the brother of 
Letty and Marie Revell.
  John was born on March 8th, 1980, and tragically died on June 19th, 
1993, as a result of being hit by a car as he was riding his bicycle on 
his way to his family farm. The driver of the car was a person under 
the influence of drugs, which are ravaging our Nation today.
  John was 13 years old at the time of his death. However, his life 
epitomizes the words, ``While he was alive, he lived.''
  The fond memories our family has of John include his Rollerblading 
around the neighborhood, the family ski trips, the sleepovers he had 
with our children and friends at our house, the words others would have 
this 13-year-old boy tell me during the children work week, ``Ralph, we 
want to take today off to swim at Shiland Pool and play,'' the sight of 
him standing in our back door when dinner was being served with that 
smile, indicating I am hungry.
  He was an athlete. He was a Boy Scout. He was an honor student. He 
was a musician. He was a child who loved to laugh and brought a ray of 
sunshine to everyone he encountered.
  June 19, 2022, will mark the 29th year of John's passing. On March 8 
of this year, he would have been 42 years of age.
  The biblical passage that gives comfort to all those left behind who 
knew and loved John Revell can be found in Romans 8:38-39, ``For I am 
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor 
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us 
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.''

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