Birmingham’s William Gelks Cavanis Jr. is a former member of the Congress of Alabama, the US Ambassador of the Czech Republic, and died yesterday at the age of 86.
“His life is based on love for his family, community, and the country, and he lived with honor and dignity at all steps,” read a death article written by his family.
He was born in Birmingham in Birmingham in William Gelks Cavanis and Florence Pearson Sanson Kavanis.
He worked for three years in Germany as an aerial ranger in the 1960s, and his metal processing company Precision Grinding, Inc. After the establishment, he joined the Alabama House of Representatives in 1978.
He continued to serve in the State Soppers from 1982 to 1990, and for the first time since the reconstruction, he helped to build Republican members in the state of the state.
“In both houses, Kabanis has worked on the Pro Business Law, and has introduced a bill to strengthen the Alabama Ethics Committee by giving the committee’s summoning and its own survey staff to the committee. Read the entry to the Alabama Encyclopedia.
“He was very respected on both sides of the aisle, and he was able to win many super -party votes under his bill, but he realized Kabanes’s efforts in the reform of the committee after he took office. did.”
In 1990, he ran to the Democratic Party, Representative Haell Hefrins. President George HW Bush performed a campaign for him, but Kabanis lost 39 % of Hiflin, 39 % of voting.
In 2002, he helped the newly selected government Bob Riley will be appointed.
Kabanes was appointed ambassador to the Czech Republic by President George W. Bush in 2003 and worked until 2006.
“Kabanis regularly met an official of the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry to encourage trade between the United States and the Czech Republic,” said his encyclopedia.
“Kabanis was hosted by the Metropolitan Development Committee in Jefferson County for the Arabama managers and members, and participated in a meeting at the German Mercedes Headquarters to adopt a European automobile supplier in Alabama. “
After the appointment has expired, Kabanis is a Director of Alabama Business, including AMSOUTH BANK, Birmingham Steel Corporation, Southern Company. I worked for the meeting.
He joined Alabama Business Hall of Fam in 2006 with Alabama Academy of Onor in 2004.
“Bill has supported Tennis, golf (especially with many years of friends), and his talented artists, Catherine, for artistic efforts.”
“The building has left the heritage of a living life. He will return more than he gave, and will be overlooked by everyone who knows and loves him.”
According to the family, a cemetery will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 5 at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham.
At 3:00 pm on that day, a chapter Service ceremony will be held at the Saint -Lark Holy Church (3736 Mont Rose Road), and then a visiting and celebration of a building in the Mountain Beach Club (19 Beach Wood Road) will be held.
This service can also be screened to https://www.youtube.com/live/reqicqjx5ru at 3:00 pm on Wednesday.
Instead of a flower, the family is grateful for the monument to be made: Spring Building Big Auck Lunch, Birlingham’s St. Luc’s Church of St. Luke, or a charity of your choice.
