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Kustoff seeks to name Tennessee post office for 2 workers

(AP File Photo/Adrian Sainz, File) Marked and unmarked police cars line the street near the red-brick post office that doubles as a community center in Henning, Tenn. It's been a month since two female postal workers were fatally shot while at work in Henning, and the town of 1,200 nestled between U.S. Highway 51 and a line of often-used railroad tracks may never be the same.
(AP File Photo/Adrian Sainz, File) Marked and unmarked police cars line the street near the red-brick post office that doubles as a community center in Henning, Tenn. It's been a month since two female postal workers were fatally shot while at work in Henning, and the town of 1,200 nestled between U.S. Highway 51 and a line of often-used railroad tracks may never be the same. (AP File Photo/Adrian Sainz, File) Marked and unmarked police cars line the street near the red-brick post office that doubles as a community center in Henning, Tenn. It's been a month since two female postal workers were fatally shot while at work in Henning, and the town of 1,200 nestled between U.S. Highway 51 and a line of often-used railroad tracks may never be the same.

By Associated Press 1 min read

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee congressman has introduced legislation to name a post office after two postal workers who were slain in a robbery there.

U.S. Rep. David Kustoff’s office said in a news release Monday that the U.S. House resolution would name the post office in Henning the “Paula Robinson and Judy Spray Memorial Post Office Building.”

Robinson and Spray were working on Oct. 18, 2010, when Chastain Montgomery and his 18-year old son entered and demanded money. When they found the post office had only $63, the men fatally shot the two women and escaped.

Chastain Montgomery Jr. was killed in a shootout with police in February 2011. His father is serving a life sentence in federal prison for the killings.

Henning is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Memphis.