Danny Davis: “Frank Lumpkin, Jr. was born in Columbus on September 5, 1907. He was reared in Columbus, attended the 16th Street, now…”

“Frank Lumpkin, Jr. was born in Columbus on September 5, 1907. He was reared in Columbus, attended the 16th Street, now Woodall Elementary, School and Columbus High School, graduating from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, in 1925. He was the first college football player from the University of Georgia to turn professional by joining the Philadelphia Eagles in 1933. Mr. Lumpkin was stationed at the Pentagon during World War II. He developed an ordinance distribution plan that the British government said, 'shortened the war by months.' Mr. Lumpkin later served under General George Patton in Europe as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 709th Tank Battalion. Mr. Lumpkin was President of Willcox-Lumpkin Company an insurance agency founded by his grandfather, D. F. Willcox, in 1848, where he built his family's business into an internationally known firm that traded to 18 countries. Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague Representative Lynn Westmoreland for introducing this legislation and I urge the swift passage of this bill.”