HR 1014 Summary

• Records the death of Mr. Robert E. "Rob" Colson of Huntsville, Alabama, who died on April 17, 2010, at age 60.

• Honors Colson's career as a highly regarded pharmacist and civic leader who served two terms on the Madison County Commission as one of the first modern-era Republicans elected to local office in the county.

• Recognizes his leadership roles including founding president of the Madison County Men's Club, two-time president of the Madison County Pharmaceutical Association, and member of the Republican Executive Committee at county and state levels.

• Notes his passion for genealogy that inspired him to author books on family heritage and paint family crests, and his dedicated support of the library and heritage room.

• Extends heartfelt sympathy to his surviving wife Lucy Colson and daughter Elizabeth Colson.