2011-2012 Bill 5262: Helen Currie Schumpert - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 5262 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, 11 Brannon, Brantley, G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, Clemmons, 12 Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Erickson, 13 Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hart, 14 Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, 16 McLeod, Merrill, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, 17 Norman, Ott, Owens, Parker, Parks, Patrick, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ryan, Sabb, Sandifer, 18 Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, 19 Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Tribble, Vick, Weeks, Whipper, White, Whitmire, 20 Williams, Willis and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7813ahb12.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 15, 2012 24 Currently residing in the Senate 25 26 Summary: Helen Currie Schumpert 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 5/15/2012 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 36) 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 5/15/2012 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR HELEN CURRIE SCHUMPERT FOR HER 12 SEVENTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE 13 WOMAN’S AUXILIARY OF THE GETHSEMANE BAPTIST 14 ASSOCIATION AND TO RECOGNIZE HER UNWAVERING 15 COMMITMENT TO FAITH AND FAMILY. 16 17 Whereas, it is appropriate to recognize the service and sacrifice of 18 certain South Carolina citizens as they further their faith and the 19 dedication in which they seek to do the work of the Lord; and 20 Helen Currie Schumpert is one such South Carolinian worthy of 21 special recognition in this regard; and 22 23 Whereas, Mrs. Schumpert received her bachelor of science degree 24 from Benedict College with further study at Temple University, 25 South Carolina State University, and Clemson University. She 26 also received her Masters of Education degree from Southern 27 Wesleyan University; and 28 29 Whereas, a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chapin, she 30 retired as director of music after more than thirty years. She also 31 served as the Chair of the Deaconess Board and was intimately 32 involved with all the phases of church work; and 33 34 Whereas, this devoted servant of God served with distinction as 35 president of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Gethsemane Baptist 36 Association and the Baptist Educational and Missionary 37 Convention of South Carolina from 1995 to 2012, an amazing 38 seventeen years; and she served as youth supervisor and assistant 39 supervisor for fifteen years. Under Mrs. Schumpert’s guiding 40 hands, the Woman’s Auxiliary moved to a whole new level of 41 home and foreign missions; and 42

[5262] 2 1 Whereas, she has recently been appointed as Coordinator of Global 2 Missions for the State of South Carolina by the president of the 3 Woman’s Baptist E&M Convention; and 4 5 Whereas, Mrs. Schumpert also is a past president and member of 6 the Columbia, South Carolina, Alumnae Chapter of the Delta 7 Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the Federated Women of America, and 8 several other organizations; and 9 10 Whereas, as a woman of seemingly endless energy, she is retired 11 from General Motors Acceptance Corporation and is currently 12 working for Richland School District One at Hyatt Park 13 Elementary School; and 14 15 Whereas, she is the loving wife of Bobby L. Schumpert and 16 together they are the parents of two children, Bobby L. Schumpert, 17 Jr. and Lisa Schumpert Jefferson. In addition, they have two 18 lovely granddaughters of whom they are so proud; and 19 20 Whereas, truly a woman with a servant’s heart Mrs. Schumpert 21 exemplifies the qualities of a true woman of faith and lives by her 22 own motto that whatever takes place in her life, she will put God 23 first and all the other things will be added. The General Assembly 24 takes great pleasure in honoring such a woman. Now, therefore, 25 26 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 27 concurring: 28 29 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 30 Carolina, by this resolution, honor Helen Currie Schumpert for her 31 seventeen years of service as president of the Woman’s Auxiliary 32 of the Gethsemane Baptist Association and recognize her 33 unwavering commitment to faith and family. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 36 Helen Currie Schumpert. 37 XX 38

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