May 23, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 87 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING LEE JERNIGAN

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and 
honor the passage of one of my great constituents, Lee Jernigan of 
Oroville, California.
  During Lee's lifetime, he had joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 
and served as an aerial gunner and airplane mechanic on a B-17 during 
World War II, where he flew 23 missions in the Asian Pacific.
  Lee graduated from Chico State in 1950 and received his master's 
degree in 1959 in education. Lee was known specifically for his passion 
and commitment to God, his family, and for educating the young people 
of our community.
  It should come as no surprise that Lee was a beloved elementary and 
middle school teacher and then went on to be my principal at Central 
Middle School in Oroville, California, for 54 years of career. Lee was 
known to be kind, with a sense of humor, and this was one principal I 
was never really in trouble with.
  Lee was devoted to teaching, but also devoted to his loving wife, 
Hazel, whom he married in 1948 and remained with for 72 years until his 
passing.
  Lee was a man of extreme dedication and commitment to his wife, to 
his country, and to learning for the children of his community. Of 
course, we can all learn from that, as well.
  Madam Speaker, God bless Lee Jernigan and his family.

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