2005-2006 Bill 5178: the Rev. Charles Eppes, Sr. - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 5178 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Scott, Agnew, Allen, Altman, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, Ballentine, Bannister, 10 Barfield, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Breeland, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Cato, 11 Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, 12 Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, Emory, Frye, Funderburk, Govan, Hagood, Haley, 13 Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, J. Hines, M. Hines, 14 Hinson, Hiott, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Jennings, Kennedy, Kirsh, Leach, 15 Limehouse, Littlejohn, Loftis, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Merrill, 16 Miller, Mitchell, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, 17 Phillips, Pinson, E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Rhoad, Rice, Rivers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Simrill, 18 Sinclair, Skelton, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, 19 Stewart, Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, Umphlett, Vaughn, Vick, Viers, Walker, 20 Weeks, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Witherspoon and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\21246sd06.doc 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 17, 2006 24 Introduced in the Senate on May 18, 2006 25 Adopted by the General Assembly on May 18, 2006 26 27 Summary: The Rev. Charles Eppes, Sr. 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 5/17/2006 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-105 34 5/18/2006 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-30 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 5/17/2006 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO COMMEND THE REVEREND CHARLES EPPES, SR., OF 12 RICHLAND COUNTY FOR A DISTINGUISHED THIRTY- 13 FOUR YEAR CAREER AS A STATE EMPLOYEE AND FOR 14 HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE AS PASTOR OF THE 15 PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA FOR 16 TWENTY-ONE YEARS. 17 18 Whereas, the Reverend Charles Eppes, Sr., is a lifelong resident of 19 Richland County. He attended public high school at Booker T. 20 Washington, and he attended Midlands Technical College where 21 he earned a certificate in printing technology; and 22 23 Whereas, he retired January 16, 2006, as the Manager of Printing 24 Services from the Department of Mental Health where he worked 25 for thirty-four years; and 26 27 Whereas, Reverend Eppes has been pastor of Progressive Baptist 28 Church of Haskell Heights in Columbia for twenty-one years. 29 During those years the church initiated Boys Night Out at Bluff 30 Road Park and the Boys to Gentlemen Youth Ministry. The Boys 31 to Gentlemen Youth Ministry is presently involved in a project 32 collecting stuffed animals for the Children’s Emergency Clinic. 33 They will present the stuffed animals to the hospital officials on 34 June 10, 2006; and 35 36 Whereas, Reverend Eppes worked ten years with the Boy Scouts 37 of America serving as scoutmaster and unit commissioner. In 38 addition, he has served on the Midlands Human Resource 39 Development Commission, the Chamber of Commerce 40 Community Relations Council, and was appointed in January by 41 the Governor to the Richland County Recreation Commission; and

1 [5178] 1 1 Whereas, he is married to his lovely wife, Eartha, and they are the 2 proud parents of two daughters, Sharretta and Cartisha Eppes, and 3 one son, Charles Eppes, Jr., and one grandchild, Malaijah; and 4 5 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly would like to 6 publicly recognize and thank this wonderful man for a lifetime of 7 service to his church, community, and State. Now, therefore, 8 9 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 10 concurring: 11 12 That the members of the General Assembly commend the 13 Reverend Charles Eppes, Sr., of Richland County for a 14 distinguished thirty-four year career as a state employee and for his 15 faithful service as pastor of the Progressive Baptist Church in 16 Columbia for twenty-one years. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 19 Reverend Charles Eppes, Sr. 20 ----XX---- 21

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