[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 132 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING BRENDA HORN OF CULLMAN, AL

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                        HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 5, 2022

  Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, today I would like to honor a 
distinguished citizen of Alabama's Fourth Congressional District, Ms. 
Brenda Nelson Horn. Through her community contributions, and love for 
the people of Alabama, her legacy will surely outlast us all. I hope 
that you will join me in honoring her memory.
  In 1960, Brenda was married to Darell Mullaney and they started their 
family immediately. She was the proud mother of Mike, Scott and Matt 
Mullaney. Throughout their marriage, they lived in Jacksonville, 
Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, Birmingham, Alabama and eventually 
back to Cullman, Alabama in 1972.
  Brenda raised her sons in Cullman until 1982 when she moved with her 
second husband, Fred Horn to Orem, Utah. After two years in Utah, they 
moved briefly to Kentucky and then to Shelbyville, TN, where they 
started a self-storage business.
  She returned to Cullman in 1996 and, the following year, she began 
her work with Cullman Industrial Development (ID) Board. She became 
indispensable in the office dealing with the record keeper for many 
functions including financing, contracts, legal documents, budgets, and 
invoicing. Brenda loved working for the Cullman Industrial Development 
ID Board and developed close friendships during her 25 years there. She 
considered those she worked with as her extended family.
  Brenda also made significant contributions in politics at both the 
local and state level. Her guidance and counsel were sought by many 
candidates for various offices. She managed the successful campaigns 
for candidates for the Alabama Legislature and Congress and provided 
consult counsel to many candidates for local offices. She served as 
Treasurer for both the Alabama Federation of Republican Women and the 
Cullman County Republican Party, as well as President of the Cullman 
County Republican Women.
  Her legacy is left to be cherished by her three sons Mike Mullaney 
and wife, Lisa; Matt Mullaney and wife, Melody, and Scott Mullaney; her 
sister Diane Brown and her husband, Ken; brothers Maxie Nelson and 
wife, Cindy; and Bruce Nelson and wife, Mary Ellen; and grandchildren 
Christopher, Emily, Mitch, Kate, Dylan, Hunter, Brianna, McKenzie, 
Sean, and Haylee, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family 
and friends.
  Ms. Horn's dedication, patriotic spirit, and lifelong commitment to 
our state act as an example for us all to look up to as we pursue 
public service. I ask that you join me as we commemorate the life of 
Brenda Nelson Horn, and honor her legacy in Cullman County, and the 
state of Alabama.

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