[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE LIFE OF CHARLES GRAHAM CROCKETT

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                        HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2023

  Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life of Charles Graham 
Crockett, of Wytheville, Virginia, who passed on July 12, 2023.
  A lifelong resident of Wytheville, Mr. Crockett graduated from 
Wytheville High School, Class of 1949. He served in Korea during the 
Korean War from November 1952 until February 1954 with the 984th 
Engineer Field Maintenance Company, 45 Engineer Group, 8th Army.
  Mr. Crockett was a reliability engineer who worked on the design and 
development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber. He was also a member of the 
Wytheville Town Council from 1996 to 2004. He served as an original 
member of the Board of Directors of the New River Regional Water 
Authority, the Wytheville Training School and Culture Center, and the 
Crossroads Institute in Galax, Virginia. The Wytheville-Wythe Bland 
Chamber of Commerce named him Outstanding Citizen of the Year for 2013.
  Mr. Crockett was a life member of, American Legion Wythe County Post 
9, VFW Post 2179, Korean War Veterans Association, Wythe County 
Historical Society, Wythe County Genealogical and Historical 
Association and Past President of the Sons of American Revolution, Lt. 
David Cox Chapter.
  Mr. Crockett joins his parents, two daughters, Angela Denise Crockett 
and Valerie Jeanne Crockett, and wife, Betty Hammack Crockett, in 
heaven. He is survived by his daughters, Renee Leigh Crockett of Max 
Meadows, Virginia, Michele Crockett Thompson and her husband, Ethan 
Tobie Thompson, of Double Oak, Texas; granddaughters, Emily Nicole 
Waclawczyk and husband, Aaron, of Austin, Texas, and Natalie Elise 
Thompson of Minneapolis, Minnesota; grandsons, Michael D Bell and his 
wife, Karyn, of Burbank, California, and Matthew D. Bell of Sulphur 
Springs, Texas. I wish them condolences on the loss of their loved one.
  Mr. Crockett lived a long and fruitful life in Southwest Virginia, 
passing at the age of 92. I know his friends and family members will 
greatly miss him, but I have no doubt his spirit will remain in their 
hearts for many years to come.

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