[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  NOTING THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE LAWRENCE H. FOUNTAIN, MEMBER OF 
                        CONGRESS FROM 1953-1983

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to note with sadness the passing 
today of one of the Tar Heel State's true elder statesmen, the 
Honorable Lawrence H. Fountain, who represented what was then North 
Carolina's Second Congressional District between the years of 1953 and 
1983.
  Congressman Fountain will be remembered as the first champion of 
improving the relationship and cooperation between Federal, State and 
local governments, and the father of the first, independent, 
presidentially-appointed Office of Inspector General.
  Congressman Fountain was born in Edgecombe County and attended public 
schools, including the University of North Carolina. He entered World 
War II as a private and was promoted to a Lieutenant Colonel. He then 
came to Congress.
  We extend our sympathy to the family, who indeed will receive other 
expressions of respect at Carlisle Funeral Home in Tarboro, North 
Carolina. A memorial service celebrating the life of Lawrence H. 
Fountain will be held at the Howard Memorial Presbyterian Church in 
Tarboro at 3 p.m. this Sunday, October 13, 2002.
  Mr. Speaker, our thoughts and prayers go out to the many friends and 
family of Congressman Fountain, who is in my district in Tarboro, North 
Carolina.

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