[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING GREG PARKER

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. 
Greg Parker, founder and president of Parker's Market and gas stations 
in coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
  Mr. Parker found his way to an immensely successful business through 
hard work and dedication. Mr. Parker's father ran a gas station in 
Midway, Georgia, allowing Mr. Parker to learn the business through 
pumping gas and cleaning customers' windshields.
  After graduation from the University of Georgia, Mr. Parker began to 
work relentlessly in his father's gas station. He managed a convenience 
store, cooked food for customers, and also pumped gas and cleaned 
windshields.
  Now Parker's has 45 stores up and down the coast of Georgia and South 
Carolina, with a total of 600 employees. Furthermore, Parker's Market 
plans to build 17 new stores in the next 13 months. The Savannah 
Morning News even named him the 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year.
  Mr. Parker's service to the First Congressional District of Georgia 
does not end with his successful business, as he also generously 
donates each year to local schools and hospitals.

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