HR260 Summary

• James G. Patterson grew up in rural Lee County, Alabama, left eighth grade to support his widowed mother by selling fruits and vegetables to textile mill workers in Fairfax.

• Served with honor in the United States Armed Forces in Korea and subsequently served in the Alabama National Guard.

• Was federalized as part of the Alabama National Guard on March 20, 1965, under President Lyndon Johnson's Executive Order 11207 to support the historic Civil Rights March at Selma.

• Died in 2003 and is survived by his son (former diplomat James G. Patterson), grandson James Harel Patterson, and is remembered by his late granddaughter Alexandra Baker Patterson.

• House of Representatives honors his lifetime of service to Alabama, the nation, and the world, directing that a copy of this resolution be provided to his family.