[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING L.T. ``HERBY'' BALLEW

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 2004

  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to pay tribute to a 
business associate, good friend and great East Texan who passed away 
last year--L.T. ``Herby'' Ballew.
  Herby Ballew was the founder of the famed Herby's Foods in Grand 
Prairie which produced over 100,000 sandwiches daily. He sold the 
company in 1975, and became chairman and CEO of the Bank of Crowley, 
Texas--an institution he ran until the early 1990's. Herby ended his 
prosperous career as the owner of Fame Care, a chemical company.
  Herby was a successful businessman who considered his employees as 
members of his family. They remember him as a compassionate and 
generous man.
  He was also devoted to his family, who include his wife, Vee Ballew; 
sons, Barry Ballew and Terry Lampman and wife Marolyn; daughters, Terry 
Jean Trevino and husband, Gonzy, Kathey Long, Patty Grieder and 
husband, Clyde, and Rose Shirley and husband, John; and sister, Dorothy 
Jewett and brother-in-law Elliott. He also was the proud grandfather of 
ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
  Herby will be long remembered as a generous citizen as well as 
successful businessman who touched the hearts of everyone he met. Mr. 
Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do so in memory of this esteemed 
man and a life-long friend--Herby Ballew.

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