2007-2008 Bill 1468: Honorable Patricia Baldwin Dixon - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 117th Session, 2007-2008 3 4 S. 1468 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Pinckney 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24327ab08.doc 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on June 25, 2008 13 Adopted by the Senate on June 25, 2008 14 15 Summary: Honorable Patricia Baldwin Dixon 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 6/25/2008 Senate Introduced and adopted 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 6/25/2008 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE HONORABLE 12 PATRICIA BALDWIN DIXON, OF CHARLESTON COUNTY, 13 FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC 14 SERVICE, UPON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT, 15 AND TO WISH HER SUCCESS IN ALL HER FUTURE 16 ENDEAVORS. 17 18 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to 19 recognize the many years of service that the Honorable Patricia 20 Baldwin Dixon has given to Charleston County and our State; and 21 22 Whereas, born in Charleston to Agnes Heape Baldwin and Holly 23 Baldwin on June 15, 1945, Patricia has one brother, Donald 24 Baldwin, from Ravenel and Hollywood; and 25 26 Whereas, on November 29, 1985, she married her beloved husband 27 Johnny R. Dixon, and is blessed with two fine sons and five 28 adoring grandchildren; and 29 30 Whereas, Patricia Dixon served Charleston County with distinction 31 in various capacities for fourteen years before being appointed a 32 summary court judge in June 1995, a position in which she has 33 served the citizens of Hollywood, Meggett, Rantowels, Ravenel, 34 and Yonges Island fairly and with integrity for thirteen years; and 35 36 Whereas, Judge Dixon has continued her growth as a summary 37 court judge through membership in the Summary Court Judges 38 Association and has gained strength to serve her community as a 39 congregant of First Baptist Church; and 40

1 [1468] 1 1 Whereas, in March 2008, Patricia Baldwin Dixon retired from 2 public service on the summary court in order to pursue other 3 pleasures; and 4 5 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate express their 6 deep appreciation to Patricia Baldwin Dixon for her twenty-seven 7 years of distinguished service to Charleston County. Now, 8 therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the Senate: 11 12 That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 13 recognize and commend the Honorable Patricia Baldwin Dixon, of 14 Charleston County, for twenty-seven years of distinguished public 15 service, upon the occasion of her retirement, and wish her success 16 in all her future endeavors. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 19 the Honorable Patricia Baldwin Dixon. 20 ----XX---- 21

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