2015-2016 Bill 5333: Billy Threadgill - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 5333 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Lowe, Jordan, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, 10 Bamberg, Bannister, Bedingfield, Bernstein, Bingham, Bowers, Bradley, Brannon, G.A. Brown, 11 R.L. Brown, Burns, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Collins, Corley, 12 H.A. Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, 13 Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, 14 Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, 15 Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lucas, 16 Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, 17 V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, 18 Ridgeway, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, 19 G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, 20 Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24770ahb16.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 18, 2016 24 Adopted by the House on May 18, 2016 25 26 Summary: Billy Threadgill 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 5/18/2016 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 12) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 5/18/2016 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR BILLY THREADGILL, 12 OWNER OF VAN’S AUTO SALES IN FLORENCE, FOR HIS 13 OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AMONG AUTOMOTIVE 14 DEALERS AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM AS HE 15 BECOMES THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL 16 INDEPENDENT AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS ASSOCIATION. 17 18 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 19 to learn that Billy Threadgill will become the president of the 20 National Independent Automotive Dealers Association (NIADA) 21 at the association’s meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 14, 22 2016; and 23 24 Whereas, at the age of fourteen, he began working in the service 25 department of his father’s automotive business, Van’s Auto Sales 26 in Florence. The Threadgill family business has had a remarkable 27 reputation for over forty years, having sold more than ten thousand 28 five hundred motor vehicles during that time; and 29 30 Whereas, active in the Carolinas Independent Automobile Dealers 31 Association (CIADA), Mr. Threadgill followed in his father’s 32 footsteps to serve as a second generation president of the 33 association, doing so during its golden anniversary year; and 34 35 Whereas, he has been honored by CIADA with numerous awards, 36 including being named the 2006 Quality Dealer of the Year, 37 inclusion into the CIADA Hall of Fame in 2007, and receiving the 38 Eagle Award, the association’s highest honor for membership 39 recruitment; and 40 41 Whereas, Mr. Threadgill is one of only six dealers statewide who 42 holds the prestigious Certified Master Dealer (CMD) professional

[5333] 2 1 designation, an honor held by fewer than one hundred dealers 2 across the country. The designation is attained by completing an 3 intensive academic endeavor conducted by NIADA in association 4 with Northwood University and by maintaining highlevel business 5 requirements; and 6 7 Whereas, today the family business has reached the third 8 generation, now that his son Michael works in the dealership with 9 him. Fewer than ten independent dealerships nationwide boast 10 three generations in the business; and 11 12 Whereas, Michael Threadgill has recently followed in his father’s 13 footsteps in earning a CMD designation and is learning the 14 independent used car business; and 15 16 Whereas, together with his beloved wife, Dottie, Billy Threadgill 17 has reared two fine sons, Chip and Michael, and he is a devoted 18 member of Florence Baptist Temple; and 19 20 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates 21 the high standard of excellence that Billy Threadgill has applied to 22 his sales and service of automobiles and his distinguished and 23 successful business practices, and the members congratulate him 24 as he becomes the president of NIADA. Now, therefore, 25 26 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 27 28 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 29 by this resolution, recognize and honor Billy Threadgill, owner of 30 Van’s Auto Sales in Florence, for his outstanding leadership 31 among automotive dealers and congratulate him as he becomes the 32 president of the National Independent Automotive Dealers 33 Association. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 36 Billy Threadgill. 37 XX 38

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