[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       MAMIE G. FLOYD POST OFFICE

  The bill (H.R. 3018) to designate certain facilities of the United 
States Postal Service in South Carolina was considered, read a third 
time, and passed.
  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity 
today to pay tribute to the late Keith Olgesby, who is being honored 
today through the passage of H.R. 2952, which redesignates the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orchard Park Drive 
in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Keith D. Oglesby Station.''
  Mr. Keith Olgesby deserves this honor which this legislation bestows. 
The tragic and unexpected death of Mr. Oglesby last year shocked and 
saddened the community of Greenville. Postal employees, his peers, and 
customers have requested that Mr. Oglesby be remembered in the 
Greenville community by the designation of this U.S. Post Office in his 
name. I believe that this legislation honors his life as a public 
servant for his community and State.
  Mr. Oglesby contributed much to the improvement of the Greenville 
community and the State of South Carolina. He was the Postmaster of 
Greenville County for six years. During his lifetime and posthumously, 
he was awarded twice the Postal Service's top public relations honor, 
the Benjamin Award, given in recognition of community outreach 
accomplishments.
  Among his many community service activities, Mr. Oglesby hosted the 
First Day of Issue ceremonies for the Organ & Tissue Donation Stamp. He 
volunteered with the Salvation Army, the March of Dimes Walk America, 
and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. He was a tireless 
worker and community activist. He was also honored as Volunteer of the 
Year in 1997 by the Greenville Family Partnership (an organization 
which aims to keep children safe and drug free).
  I believe that Mr. Keith Oglesby deserves this honor which this 
legislation bestows as he was a public servant who will always be 
remembered in his community and the State of South Carolina where he 
honorably lived and served.
  Mr. President, I also note today the passage of H.R. 3018, which 
designates various Postal facilities in South Carolina. These 
facilities are the United States Post Office located at 301 Main Street 
in Eastover, South Carolina, as the ``Layford R. Johnson Post Office''; 
the United States Post Office located at 78 Sycamore Street in 
Charleston, South Carolina, as the ``Richard E. Fields Post Office''; 
the United States Post Office located at 557 East Bay Street in 
Charleston South Carolina, as the ``Marybelle Howe Post Office''; and 
the United States Post Office located at 4026 Lamar Street in (the Eau 
Claire community of) Columbia, South Carolina, as the ``Mamie G. Floyd 
Post Office.'' These individuals have made enormous contributions to 
their communities and states and deserve to be recognized by having a 
postal facility named in their honor.
  I thank the Senate for its support of these measures.

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