[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING THE LIFE OF COUNCILMAN AL BRADLEY

  (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with sadness to remember an 
outstanding public servant and a model citizen, and a good personal 
friend of mine, Orange Beach City Councilman Al Bradley.
  Councilman Bradley, or Al, as he always asked to be called, passed 
away at the hospital in Foley, Alabama, on July 17 due to health 
complications. Al was 64 years old.
  A native of Texas but a huge University of Alabama football fan, Al 
and his family and his wife, Linda, owned a house in Orange Beach, 
Alabama, since 1993.
  He was a certified public accountant, and often was described as the 
financial rock of Orange Beach, serving as the chairman of the city's 
finance committee for 6 years.
  But Al had a true servant's heart. I saw it myself. He put in more 
time and effort on things for Orange Beach than just about anyone I 
know, and he never sought any recognition in return.
  So to his wife, Linda, his three children, his grandchildren, whom I 
know he loved very much, I want you to know that you are in the 
thoughts and prayers of thousands of people in southwest Alabama. We 
will miss Al very much.

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