2025 Regular Session - Day 29 - Citation, Rep. King

thank you Mr speaker thank you for the opportunity to share just a few brief highlights from a life well-lived of Mr howard Henden House we lost him on March the 7th and he is the father of one of our LRC staff Ruth Smith uh here are just a few of his accomplishments um he spent several years in Herodsburg Kentucky and one of my fond memories of Mr house is when our family went from three channels to watch on TV it was because we had access to RV cable vision and that is um where I first met Mr house he was also um a very valued employee of our Kentucky Highway Department he served in the United States Navy during World War II uh he served as Kucky's secretary of the governor's advisory board on veterans affairs he was a department of the Kentucky Legislative Committee for many years he served as chairman of the Veterans Advisory Board chair of the Central Kentucky Veterans Committee uh he organized many many programs at Camp Nelson he did that for more than 15 years he was a faithful member of our United Presbyterian Church there in Herodsburg and he also served on our local City of Herodsburg ethics board and senior citizens advisory board as you can see Mr speaker I had to refer to my notes to make sure that I hit all of the many many highlights would you please uh ask our body to adopt this citation please without objection so ordered thank you Mr mercer