[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING CHARLES T. COLE, JR.

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, no one has been more 
civically active in the Midlands of South Carolina than Charlie Cole, 
who was recently honored as the 2003 Ambassador of the Year by the 
Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
  Charlie Cole, who is the Regional President of Wachovia Bank, is 
passionate about business and community development. Charlie serves as 
chairman, on the board, or as a member of over a dozen community 
organizations.
  Not content to just have his name on these committees, Charlie has 
taken an active leadership role, as he helped raise half a million 
dollars for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation over the past 
year.
  Charlie is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army 
Reserves, and a dedicated elder at Eastminster Presbyterian Church. His 
acts of generosity and kindness have endeared him to his neighbors, and 
Charlie Cole stands as a wonderful role model of community involvement.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops.

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