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July 10, 2009

Gingrey honors Seth Sharp on House floor

Rome News-Tribune

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday in honor of Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp of Adairsville, who was killed in action in Afghanistan. Sharp was born in Dalton.



Madame Speaker, today the residents of Adairsville, Georgia, in my District are saying goodbye to a local hero who died while bravely serving his nation in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Seth Sharp was killed in action on July 2, 2009, from a gunshot wound to his neck during one of the biggest U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the Global War on Terror began in 2001.

Later this week, I will join Seth’s family, friends, and supporters at his funeral to honor the life of this brave soldier – a life given as the ultimate sacrifice – a sacrifice of duty and of love. For, as it is written in John, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

This was not Seth’s first deployment in the Global War on Terror. He enlisted with the Marines when he was only 17 years old and was serving his nation in Iraq at the age of 18. Even at such a young age, Seth embraced the challenge of the Marine Corps and took pride in serving his country – his service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Lance Corporal Sharp leaves behind his fiancée and lifelong sweetheart, Katie McMahan, his father and stepmother, Rick and Tiffany Sharp of Adairsville, Georgia, mother, Angela Preston of Alligator Point, Florida, as well as many other close relatives and friends spread out all across the country.

Madame Speaker, my prayers go out to his family, and my most heartfelt gratitude goes out to Lance Corporal Sharp for his selfless sacrifice for our nation. I ask all members to join me in honoring the distinguished memory of Lance Corporal Seth Sharp, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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