[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO TOMMY NELSON

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Saturday, April 12, 2003

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to one 
of Nevada's finest. One of the legends of the west passed on to his 
reward last week. Ninety-year-old Tommy Nelson came to Nevada in 1931 
to help build the mighty Hoover Dam and wound up being employed forty 
years on the site. Tommy was an outstanding individual who was admired 
by all who knew him. He was also an excellent musician and played his 
trumpet at many patriotic ceremonies and funerals of our service men 
and women.
  Nevada has lost a great American whose spirit will live on in the 
hearts of Nevadans.

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