2009-2010 Bill 1143: Reverend Thomas Knotts - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 118th Session, 2009-2010 3 4 S. 1143 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Knotts, Alexander, Anderson, Bright, Bryant, Campbell, Campsen, Cleary, Coleman, 10 Courson, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Grooms, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Land, Leatherman, Leventis, 11 Lourie, Malloy, L. Martin, S. Martin, Massey, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Mulvaney, Nicholson, 12 O'Dell, Peeler, Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Rose, Ryberg, Scott, Setzler, Sheheen, Shoopman, Thomas, 13 Verdin and Williams 14 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24432ahb10.docx 15 16 Introduced in the Senate on February 4, 2010 17 Introduced in the House on February 16, 2010 18 Adopted by the General Assembly on February 16, 2010 19 20 Summary: Reverend Thomas Knotts 21 22 23 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 24 25 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 26 2/4/2010 Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ4 27 2/16/2010 House Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ13 28 29 30 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 31 32 2/4/2010 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND THOMAS 12 “TOMMY” MILTON KNOTTS, AND TO COMMEND HIM 13 FOR HIS YEARS OF ENTHUSIASTIC AND DEDICATED 14 SERVICE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF 15 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 18 are pleased to express their profound appreciation to Reverend 19 Thomas “Tommy” Milton Knotts for his many outstanding 20 contributions to his community, his State, and his church; and 21 22 Whereas, born on March 9, 1931, in Augusta, Georgia, Tommy 23 Knotts received an undergraduate degree from Mercer University 24 in Macon, Georgia, and his theological training at Southwestern 25 Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; and 26 27 Whereas, he married his beloved Jeanne McDougal in June of 28 1960, and together they raised three fine children, who have 29 blessed them with four adoring grandchildren; and 30 31 Whereas, among many ministries, Reverend Knotts served his 32 church as director of missions for the seventythree churches that 33 comprise the Aiken Baptist Association from 1971 through 2002, 34 on the Credentials Committee for the Southern Baptist Convention 35 for over seventeen years, and as president of the Director of 36 Missions Organizations for the Southern Baptist Convention; and 37 38 Whereas, he has served his community with distinction at a myriad 39 of posts, most notably on a multidisciplinary committee for child 40 abuse for the Department of Social Services of Aiken County for 41 approximately fifteen years; and 42

[1143] 2 1 Whereas, he was selected as the area chaplain for the South 2 Carolina Association of Conservation Districts (SCACD) three 3 times and as the association’s State Chaplain of the Year in 1995; 4 and 5 6 Whereas, serving as the state chaplain for SCACD since 1996, he 7 was responsible for overseeing the Annual Soil and Water 8 Stewardship Week, which is observed in local churches around the 9 State and successfully provides pertinent information to involve 10 church members in the urgent work of conservation; and 11 12 Whereas, Reverend Knotts was elected the Aiken Soil and Water 13 Conservation Commissioner in 1996 and continues to serve in that 14 capacity, currently serving as district chairman; and 15 16 Whereas, since 1972, he has served as the Aiken Soil and Water 17 Conservation District Chaplain and has conducted training for 18 district chaplains at the state and regional meetings of the National 19 Association of Conservation Districts; and 20 21 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 22 are pleased to pause in their deliberations to acknowledge the 23 exceptional contributions of Reverend Thomas Milton Knotts on 24 behalf of our great State and his fellow man. Now, therefore, 25 26 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 27 concurring: 28 29 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 30 Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor Reverend 31 Thomas “Tommy” Milton Knotts, and commend him for his years 32 of dedicated service to the South Carolina Association of 33 Conservation Districts. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 36 Reverend Thomas “Tommy” Milton Knotts. 37 XX 38

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