[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12562-12563]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO JAMES HARRISON

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                           HON. MARION BERRY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 1999

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a fine young 
man who resided in the 1st Congressional District of Arkansas and was 
taken from this world last week, James Harrison from Paragould. A bass-
baritone, James was a singer at Ouachita Baptist University, and was 
returning on Flight 1420 from a choir tour in Germany and Austria.
  Although James was only 21, he certainly lived a wonderful life. He 
was a responsible, trustworthy person. His love and concern for others 
very likely could have cost him his life.
  Along with his contributions to the Ouachita Singers, James was the 
music minister at First Baptist Church of Royal. His friends say he 
could look at any piece music and sing it. He played the guitar and 
saxophone and was in

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charge of setting up before concerts at Ouachita. ``Arv'' as he was 
called, for his middle name Arvin, was a patient, level-headed young 
man who devoted his life to Christ.
  I ask that all Americans join us as we pray for the families and 
friends of the passengers and crew members who perished in the crash, 
that they might gain some measure of solace and understanding about 
their profound and very public loss.

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