[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE LYNN M. EWING, JR.

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 28, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with sadness that I inform the House 
of Representatives of the passing of my good friend The Honorable Lynn 
M. Ewing Jr. of Nevada, Missouri. He was 70.

  Lynn, a son of the late Lynn M. Ewing Sr. and Margaret Blair Ewing 
Coffey, was born in Nevada, Missouri, on November 14, 1930. After 
graduating from Nevada High School in 1948, Lynn attended Princeton 
University. He received an AB in 1952 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1954 
from the University of Missouri-Columbia, graduating second in his law 
school class. Mr. Ewing was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu 
fraternity and Order of the Coif.

  He entered the United States Air Force and served as an attorney in 
the Judge Advocate General Corps until returning to Nevada in 1956 and 
joining the law firm Ewing, Ewing, Ewing, Carter and Wight. He 
continued to practice law with the Ewing law Firm until his death.

  Lynn was involved with the Farm and Home Savings Association for 24 
years, serving as general counsel, board member and president. He was a 
life member of the American Bar Association, a member of the Missouri 
Bar Association and the Vernon County Bar Association, and a fellow of 
the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. He served on the Missouri 
Bar Disciplinary Committee. He was admitted to practice before the 
United States Supreme Court in 1961. He was elected to the Missouri 
House of Representatives in 1959 and served three terms representing 
the citizens of Vernon and Barton counties.

  Lynn formerly served as chairman of the Vernon County Democratic 
Central Committee. He was elected to the Nevada City Council in 1967 
and served the city for six years, including two terms as mayor. He 
served on the board of directors of the Nevada Regional Medical Center, 
the Nevada Library Board, the Nevada Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada 
Planning commission and the Nevada Economic Development Corporation. He 
also served as a board member of Citizens State Bank, Nevada, Missouri. 
He was a member of the Nevada Rotary Club and was named citizen of the 
year in 1975. He received the Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Rotary.

  Lynn was a member of the All Saints Episcopal Church and served the 
church as a vestry member, senior warden and lector. Mr. Ewing was 
appointed by Governor Warren Hearnes to serve on the Missouri Land 
Reclamation Commission and by Governor Mel Carnahan to serve on the 
Coordinating Board for Higher Education, where he served as 
chairperson. He was a member of the Missouri Academy of Squires. He was 
a member of the Missouri Savings and Loan Association and the U.S. 
League of Saving and Loan Associations. He received a Faculty Alumni 
Award from the University of Missouri. He served on the Missouri Law 
School Foundation board of directors and was a member of the University 
of Missouri-Columbia Jefferson Club. He was a charter member of the 
University of Missouri-Columbia Law Society and Mosaic Society.

  Mr. Speaker, Lynn Ewing Jr. will be missed by all who knew him. I 
know the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family: his wife, Peggy; his brother, Blair; his two 
daughters, Margrace Buckler and Melissa Arnold; his son, Lynn M. Ewing 
III--and his grandchildren.

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