[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING AND HONORING EDDIE MANFORD BUFFALOE, SR. ON THE OCCASION OF 
                  HIS RETIREMENT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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                         HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 1, 2017

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and recognize my 
constituent and friend, Officer Eddie Manford Buffaloe, Sr. as he 
retires from seventeen years of honorable service as a courtroom 
bailiff for District and Superior Courts in Northampton County, North 
Carolina. The past seventeen years as a courtroom bailiff is but a part 
of a long and storied career in law enforcement that spanned more than 
half a century.
  Officer Buffaloe was born in Northampton County in Gumberry, North 
Carolina on June 3, 1931. He was one of ten children born to the former 
Geneva Brooks and Eddie Bruce Buffaloe. He attended Northampton County 
Training School in Garysburg, North Carolina which was recognized as a 
``Christian Institution for Negro Youths of Both Sexes.'' Following 
graduation, on December 5, 1951 at age 20, Eddie Buffaloe enlisted in 
the United States Army.
  He served on active duty for two years before transferring to the 
Army Reserve where he served an additional five years. After nearly 
seven years of military service, Eddie received an Honorable Discharge 
and returned to his Northampton County home.
  It was in 1961 that Eddie's law enforcement career commenced when he 
volunteered as a Special Deputy with the Northampton County Sheriff's 
Department where he worked the night shift. In 1965, Officer Buffaloe 
became a full time Deputy Sheriff with the Northampton County Sheriff's 
Department. His love of law enforcement compelled him to learn 
everything he could about his work.
  Officer Buffaloe participated in and completed significant training 
at the Northampton County Law Enforcement Officers Training School, 
United States Treasury Department's Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
division; Roanoke-Chowan Training Center; and the University of North 
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  In 1991 at the age of 70 and after sixteen years with the Northampton 
County Sheriff's Department, Officer Buffaloe was appointed Chief of 
Police for the town of Rich Square. He honorably and faithfully 
protected the residents of Rich Square and led his department for eight 
years. During his service as Police Chief, in June of 1996, Chief 
Buffaloe was tragically shot by a citizen during a domestic dispute but 
he recovered and continued serving the people of that community until 
his retirement in 1999. Always driven to serve others, he embarked on 
yet another career in public service by serving as a courtroom bailiff 
for District and Superior Courts in Northampton County.
  From 1999 until 2016--17 years--Officer Eddie Buffaloe kept the peace 
when court was in session. He served as a bailiff under three different 
elected Sheriffs and is now ready to enjoy his hard earned retirement.
  At every step along his storied life, Police Chief Eddie Buffaloe, 
Sr. was accompanied by his wife the former Ruth Langford. The two were 
married on January 4, 1959 and just recently celebrated their 58th 
wedding anniversary. Together, they had three sons--Anthony, Deon, and 
Eddie Jr. who followed in his father's footsteps in law enforcement and 
now serves as Chief of Police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
  Mr. Speaker, Chief Eddie Manford Buffaloe, Sr. has dedicated his 
entire adult life to public service. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the dedication and selflessness displayed by Chief Buffaloe 
over a more than 70 years first as a soldier, then as a volunteer 
Special Deputy, Deputy Sheriff, Police Chief, and finally as a 
courtroom bailiff. While Chief Buffaloe is deserving of far greater 
accolades from a grateful public, my colleagues in the United States 
House of Representatives join me in expressing our sincere appreciation 
for Chief Buffaloe's hard work and sacrifice.

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