[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E711]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





              HONORING LIEUTENANT TROY MORRIS HIGHWAY SIGN

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 12, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
Memorial Highway Sign of Lieutenant Troy Morris.
  Lieutenant Morris served the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) for 
over 27 years. He became a Mississippi Highway Patrolman then was 
promoted to Lieutenant of Troop M in Brookhaven, MS. Lieutenant Morris 
was also employed with the United States Postal Services for 
approximately 16 years. He was shot and killed by an assailant in the 
early morning hours of August 7, 2020.
  On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Central Transportation Commissioner 
Willie Simmons joined officials to dedicate a segment of U.S. Highway 
61 in Jefferson County as the ``Highway Patrol Lieutenant Troy Morris 
Memorial Highway.''
  During the 2021 legislative session, House Bill No. 872 was signed 
into law, designating a segment of U.S. Highway 61 located in Jefferson 
County, beginning at the Town of Fayette, and extending northerly for 
one mile, as the ``Highway Patrol Lieutenant Troy Morris Memorial 
Highway.''
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the late 
Lieutenant Troy Morris for his amazing dedication, hard work and legacy 
he has left behind to his family, friends, colleagues, and Mississippi, 
especially the Second Congressional District.

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