[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 135 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF MR. JAMES C. ALLGOOD, JR.

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 12, 2022

  Mr. KELLY of Misissippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
life of Mr. James C. Allgood, Jr. of Lafayette County. His family 
describes James as loving, caring, considerate, and loyal. He enjoyed 
fishing and tinkering in his shop, but his passion was cooking.
  Christmas was James favorite holiday. He spent countless hours 
planning and putting together a spectacular light show. Everyone from 
the community would drive out each year to watch the light show he 
designed, and to admire his talented, hard work. Above all things, his 
family and the Lafayette County community were most important to him. 
His legacy is absolute in all the lives he touched.
  James was the epitome of Lafayette County citizenship. He served his 
community faithfully, proudly, and confidently for over 30 years, most 
recently being the Emergency Management Director for the city of 
Oxford. James' guidance, counsel, and competence were reassuring in the 
wake of many crises, including the COVID Pandemic of 2020. James stated 
in April of 2020, ``This is a team effort, and we will not win this as 
individuals but as a community that is not only a team but a family. We 
all pull together, or we all fall apart. The city, county, and 
university are all part of one big family, and working together as a 
team, we keep that family together and safe.'' His actions during the 
pandemic resulted in him being named an ``Oxford Hero'' by the Ole Miss 
Pix.
  James is survived by his wife, Linda Musick Allgood, of Oxford; his 
daughter, Angie (Jesse) Crouse, of Oxford; his sisters, Patti Reedy, of 
Gore Springs, MS, Penny (Keith) Henley, of Banner, MS, and Pamela 
Barnett, of Sanford, FL; a host of nieces and nephews and great-nieces 
and nephews.

                          ____________________