[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9229]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATING MURDIC AND BEULAH BOWEN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2012

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on July 3, 2012, Mr. and 
Mrs. Murdic and Beulah Bowen will celebrate their 70th wedding 
anniversary. Murdic and Beulah were married on July 3, 1942, in 
Columbia, South Carolina, and are longtime residents of the Elgin 
community in Richland County, South Carolina.
  Together, the Bowens have contributed a great deal to their 
community, the State of South Carolina, and our Nation. On December 3, 
1942, Murdic reported to the United States Army and served in the 94th 
Division during World War II throughout the European Theatre. After his 
tour of duty, he returned to Elgin where he began working in textiles 
and became the owner of a mercantile business and a used car business. 
Beulah worked with the Citizens and Southern National Bank in Elgin, 
South Carolina, and retired from the bank after 40 years of dedicated 
service.
  Murdic and Beulah have remained active and devoted members of the 
Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church in Elgin, South Carolina, and 
continue to remain a steadfast example of devotion, patience, and 
understanding to their three daughters, six grandchildren, and ten 
great-grandchildren. I would like to congratulate Murdic and Beulah 
Bowen on this momentous occasion and offer my best wishes to them and 
their family in the future.

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