[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17391]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO MR. HORACE E. STACY, JR.

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                           HON. MIKE McINTYRE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 9, 2014

  Mr. McINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Horace 
E. Stacy, Jr., of Lumberton, North Carolina, for his commitment and 
service to his community, state, and nation. Mr. Stacy is a veteran, 
public servant, community leader, honorable attorney, devoted family 
man, and he has been both a mentor to me and a dear friend to my 
family. I ask you to join me in recognizing his long and honorable 
career.
  As Helen Sharpe and Bob Horne note in their article in The 
Robesonian, Horace was born to Horace and Lillian Stacy in my hometown 
of Lumberton, North Carolina, on September 14, 1929. Horace attended 
Lumberton High School where he started at offensive and defensive left 
guard on the football team. After graduation from Lumberton High in 
1946, Horace began college at the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill. He graduated in 1950 with an English degree after being 
inducted into the Order of the Golden Fleece, UNC's most selective 
honor society.
  Horace went on to begin law school at UNC shortly after the Korean 
War started and after only one semester enlisted in the U.S. Air Force 
to serve his country. He attended the Air Force language school at 
Syracuse University for one year, where he learned to read, write, and 
speak Russian. While stationed in Germany during the Cold War he was a 
member of a security squadron monitoring Russian aircraft.
  Horace returned to law school at UNC in 1954 and graduated in 1956. 
He was on the staff of The North Carolina Law Review and President of 
Phi Alpha Delta, a law school service and social fraternity. During his 
final year of law school he met Miss Joan Purser, whom he would go on 
to marry in 1957.
  Horace joined McLean & Stacy law firm, where I would later practice 
early in my own legal career under his kind and knowledgeable 
mentorship. A brilliant jurist, Horace became a prominent attorney in 
general practice, both criminal and civil. He also became a 
distinguished civic leader. In 1964, the Mayor and Lumberton City 
Council appointed him to chair the first Tri-Racial Committee to help 
prepare for the pending enactment of the Civil Rights Act.
  Notably, Horace has been an effective advocate for our state and 
local libraries. He served as President of Friends of the Robeson 
County Public Library, has been a library trustee since 1998 and was 
honored as the Public Library Trustee of the Year in our state in 2010. 
In 2004, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley appointed Horace to be a 
member of the State Library Commission of North Carolina, which he 
would chair for two years. The State Library is the main depository for 
North Carolina state publications and provides state government 
agencies with information critical to the formation of public policy.
  Horace served as President of the Robeson County Bar Association in 
1970. He was a member of the state Board of Law Examiners for 23 years 
and Chairman for five years. He served on numerous committees of the 
North Carolina Bar Association and in 2002 was inducted into the 
General Practice Hall of Fame. Ever a Tar Heel at heart, Horace also 
served as District Chairman of the Morehead Scholarship Selection 
Committee.
  Driven by love for his community and its people, Horace served as 
President of the Lumberton Jaycees in 1964 and 1965, and also chaired 
the Southeastern Regional Medical Center Foundation from 1998 to 2000. 
In 2005, he was instrumental in the founding of the Robeson County 
Community Foundation, which raises money and awards grants to nonprofit 
organizations. Horace's tireless service to his community through these 
and other leadership roles has resulted in his being revered as ``the 
Dean of Lumberton.'' Appropriately, he was selected to speak on behalf 
of Lumberton when the city won the All-America City Award in 1970.
  A true brother in Christ, Horace has held several offices in Trinity 
Episcopal Church and served as chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of 
East Carolina from 1970 to 1980.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing the service, goodness, 
humility, and character that defines Horace E. Stacy, Jr. His life has 
created a legacy of civic service that will benefit the citizens of 
Robeson County and North Carolina for years to come. His personal 
mentorship and friendship has been a blessing to my family and me, but 
we are not alone. Horace Stacy gives of himself freely and inspires 
goodness in all who know him. May God bestow His richest blessings upon 
Horace and Joan Stacy, their three children, Robin, Jody and Mark, and 
their six grandsons.

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