[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IN MEMORY OF TOMMY KINCAID

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 6, 2005

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Tommy Kincaid, Mayor 
of Sanger, Texas for nearly 10 years. Mr. Kincaid was a natural leader 
who loved his community and always kept its best interests at heart.
  Mayor Kincaid was born June 18, 1936, in Vernon, Texas, to Carl 
Thomas and Lesta Hill Kincaid. He graduated from Sanger High School in 
1954 and married Betty Burns on June 30, 1956, in Sanger. Mr. Kincaid 
worked as a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Sanger before 
retiring in 2001.
  During the 1970s, Mr. Kincaid served on the Sanger school board. From 
1983 to 1991, he served on the town's Planning and Zoning Commission 
and on the City Council from 1991 until his death.
  Mr. Kincaid is survived by his wife, Betty; their two children, Roger 
Kincaid and Tammy Armstrong; and seven grandchildren.
  I had the good fortune to meet Mayor Kincaid on several occasions. He 
introduced me at my Sanger Town Hall back in July of 2003, and he 
joined me on a tour of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Sanger.
  He was a dedicated public servant and a generous individual. It was 
my honor to have known and worked with Mayor Tommy Kincaid. I extend my 
deepest sympathies to his family and friends. He will be deeply missed 
and his service to his community will always be greatly appreciated.

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