[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING COLONEL RICHARD JULIAN

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Colonel Richard Julian, 
who passed away on May 1. He served his country in the Tennessee Air 
National Guard, 134th Aerial Refueling Wing, and served for over 38 
years before he retired in 2004.
  He then worked with me when I was Knox County mayor and was a dear 
friend to me. We met at Powell Auction, and dadgummit, it was a mistake 
because he was talking to Jack Huddleston, and Jack invited me over. We 
were having a campaign bologna cutting, of all things, and we became 
dear friends shortly after that.
  He had a big heart. When my daughter, Isabel, was singing down at the 
veterans' home, she had her biological father's Navy insignia on her 
lapel, and Colonel Julian saw that, and he got choked up.
  The last conversation I had with him, he told me he was going to be 
waiting for me in Heaven and would be there waiting for me with my 
momma and daddy when I got there.
  I offer my deepest condolences to his wife, Linda, his family, his 
daughters Bronwyn and her husband, Deny Ashley; and Valissa and her 
husband, Warren; his son, Charlie, and his wife, Tina; and his little 
grandsons Brady, Logan, and Griffin.
  He had many other friends and family that loved him dearly. I know he 
was right with the Lord when he passed because we prayed shortly before 
his death.
  He will be missed, Mr. Speaker, but he will not be forgotten. I thank 
Colonel Julian for giving me a very good life.

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