[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   TRIBUTE TO POSTMASTER ROY C. BUNCH

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                          HON. WALTER B. JONES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2000

  Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, today I pay a special 
tribute to Postmaster Roy C. Bunch who resides in North Carolina's 
Third Congressional District, which I have the privilege to represent.
  Next week friends, family, and officials will gather at the Albemarle 
Plantation in Hertford to recognize Mr. Bunch for 50 years of dedicated 
service to the federal government.
  Mr. Bunch began his career in the United States Navy on August 24, 
1944 and served our Nation until March 6, 1946.
  His career as Postmaster of the Belvidere facility began on January 
24, 1952 where he has tirelessly served for over 48 years.
  After fifty years of service to the Federal Government and to the 
men, women and children of our great Nation, Mr. Bunch is not slowing 
down.
  He is in wonderful health and has mentioned no plans of retirement.
  He currently resides in Belvidere, North Carolina with his wife of 51 
years, Clemma Bunch. Together Roy and Clemma have one son and a 
daughter.
  He continues to be an exemplary example of an outstanding public 
servant and for that I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. 
Bunch.
  All of our federal employees deserve great thanks from this Nation. 
It is not an overstatement to say that without federal employees our 
country would not be able to function. They touch every aspect of our 
lives and provide immeasurable benefits to us all. Without the 
dedication to service that federal workers such as Mr. Bunch provide, 
our Nation would not be the great country it is today.
  Mr. Roy Bunch, ``thank you,'' I salute you.

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