June 18, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 102 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE LIFE OF FORMER INDIANA POLITICIAN, GENE SNOWDEN

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                             HON. JIM BANKS

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 2019

  Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor the life of former Indiana 
politician and community leader, Gene Snowden.
  Snowden was a lifelong public servant in Indiana state and local 
politics, having served in the Indiana House of Representatives and 
Indiana State Senate in a legislative career that spanned nearly 20 
years.
  He served as an Indiana City Councilman for Huntington and as Mayor 
of Huntington, Indiana. In his political career, he lost just one 
election.
  Snowden was an active member of his community, involved heavily in 
his church and civic organizations like the Police Athletic League, the 
Salvation Army, the Huntington County Historical Society, the Boy 
Scouts, United Way, Christian Literature for Africa, and others.
  While there's not enough words to fully encapsulate all of Gene 
Snowden's accomplishments, his life is proof positive of the timeless 
legacy each one of us can forge, for ourselves and generations to come.
  I offer my deepest condolences to his wife, four daughters, six 
grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren whom he leaves behind.

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