Remembering B. Lee Mallory, Iii

HON. STEVE COHEN

of tennessee

in the house of representatives

Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a Memphis civic and business leader, environmental steward and Renaissance man, B. Lee Mallory, III, who passed at his home on October 15. Born Barton Lee Mallory, III, he was known as “B. Lee.” After graduating from Pomfret School and Yale University, where he played football, he served four years as an officer in the Navy. He returned to Memphis with his California bride, Susan, to join his family's logistics and distribution business where he worked for more than 40 years. He also received an MBA from the then-Memphis State University. He was also a very good friend and flew some of my friends to Washington for my swearing in in 2007. And he was a supporter while most of his pals at the country club, hunt club and polo club were not. He used to send me post cards, encouraging me to continue to fight against the status quo and speak the truth. The post cards were very anti-Washington- politician, but he was all for me. B. Lee served on many boards of directors, including as Chairman of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the International Warehouse Logistics Association, and Chair of the Tennessee Nature Conservancy. He also served on the boards of LeMoyne-Owen College, Agricenter International, the Overton Park Conservancy and Shelby Farms Park Conservancy. In 2004, he was appointed Honorary Consul of Canada for the Mid-South. An avid outdoorsman, B. Lee was a member of the Memphis Country Club, Five Lakes Outing Club, the Egyptians, and the Wolf River Society. His love for outdoor adventure—including fishing for trout, sailing, hiking and camping—was shared with his fellow residents of Memphis, Tenants Harbor, Maine, and Bozeman, Montana. His ashes will be scattered in the Yellowstone River. I extend my sincere condolences to Susan, his wife of 61 years; his daughters Emily Mallory and Shelby Herrod; Shelby's husband Coleman and their children Lucy and Wilkes; his brother Howie Mallory and sister-in-law Nora Berko; nephews Treat Macdonald and Linden Mallory; and nieces Mirte and Eliana Mallory. He was preceded in death by his sister Clare Macdonald, brother-in-law Blair Macdonald, and niece Verena Mallory. B. Lee led an exemplary life of service to his community and will be missed.