[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO REV. DR. FRANKLIN D. COLCLOUGH

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 20, 2011

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a man of 
great faith, who has been a tremendous blessing to the State of South 
Carolina. The Rev. Dr. Franklin D. Colclough is retiring from the 
Presbytery of New Harmony after 23 years of faithful service and 42 
years with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is deserving of 
recognition for his lifetime of service to his community and spiritual 
guidance to his congregants.
  Dr. Colclough began his ministry in 1969 after receiving his Master 
of Divinity at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in Atlanta, 
Georgia. He earned a Doctoral Degree in Ministry at McCormick 
Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.
  His first ministerial position was as pastor of the Carmel 
Presbyterian Church in Chester, South Carolina and Mt. Tabor 
Presbyterian Church in Blackstock, South Carolina from 1969-1971. In 
1972 he accepted a call as the fourth, and youngest, installed pastor 
of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church in Mayesville, South Carolina. 
Goodwill was founded in 1867, and is the oldest African American Church 
in Sumter County, South Carolina and one of the oldest in the Sixth 
Congressional District. He served as Goodwill's pastor from 1972 until 
1988. It is worth noting that Dr. Colclough served only three churches 
in rural South Carolina during his 19 years as a parish minister.
  In September 1988 he was called to serve on the staff of New Harmony 
Presbytery which is headquartered in Florence, South Carolina. 
Presently Dr. Colclough serves as the Head of Staff and Stated Clerk 
for New Harmony Presbytery.
  Dr. Colclough has served on many boards including the Board of 
Trustees at Johnson C. Smith University Theological Seminary in Atlanta 
and the Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He has 
served the Presbyterian Church at all levels including Member, Board of 
Pension, Moderator, Synod of South Atlantic, Stewardship Consultant for 
Mission 20/20, and member of the President's Council, Montreat 
Conference Center.
  While serving the church, Dr. Colclough also served 26 years as a 
Military Chaplin in the United States Army Reserve retiring in 1996 
with rank of Colonel.
  Dr. Colclough is married to Eddie Segars Colclough. They are the 
parents of four adult children, Franklin, Jr., Glenys, Shelley, Kriston 
and grandparents of a granddaughter Kellen and grandson Kriston.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you and our colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Rev. Dr. Colclough for his faithful service to his 
community and his state. I sincerely appreciate Dr. Colclough's 
friendship and guidance over the last 19 years, and his generous advice 
from the first day I offered to run for Congress. He has been a true 
leader in the State of South Carolina, and while he will no longer 
serve in the Presbyterian Church on a daily basis, I am confident he 
will continue to be a guiding force in the community.

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