1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 4617 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Tallon, Allison, Anthony, Brannon, Chumley, Cole, Forrester and Parker 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1362sd12.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 18, 2012 13 Adopted by the House on January 18, 2012 14 15 Summary: William Gerald Emory 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 1/18/2012 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 2) 22 23 24 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 25 26 1/18/2012 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE WILLIAM GERALD EMORY OF 12 SPARTANBURG COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 13 SEVENTYFIFTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HIM A JOYOUS 14 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MANY MORE YEARS OF 15 HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 18 Representatives are delighted to learn that William Gerald Emory 19 of Spartanburg County is celebrating his seventyfifth birthday on 20 January 20, 2012; and 21 22 Whereas, born in Clifton on January 20, 1937, the young William 23 graduated from Cowpens High School in 1955. In preparation for 24 his life’s work, in 1959 he earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial 25 engineering from Clemson University; and 26 27 Whereas, in 1960, he wed his beloved Martha Culbreath Emory, 28 who served as a teacher for thirty years. Blessed with three 29 children, Jerry, Beth, and Michael (all of whom followed their 30 father in graduating from Clemson University), the couple had 31 been married for thirtyone years when Martha Emory passed away 32 at age fiftytwo in 1991; and 33 34 Whereas, Mr. Emory worked with Milliken & Company for 35 twenty years and went on to become an entrepreneur, with four 36 business startups over the next ten years. After thirtyfive years in 37 the promotionalproducts business, Mr. Emory is chairman and 38 chief financial officer of the Emory Group, currently one of the 39 largest promotionalproducts companies in the Southeast; and 40 41 Whereas, active at the state and county levels in the Republican 42 Party, Mr. Emory is chairman of the First Monday Republican

[4617] 2 1 Club in Spartanburg. His activity in state political events began 2 with his involvement in the James B. Edwards campaign for 3 Governor and the Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., campaign for the 4 Fourth Congressional District. He is a longtime supporter of law 5 enforcement at the local and state levels; and 6 7 Whereas, as a man of faith, Mr. Emory is also a member and usher 8 at First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and serves on the steering 9 committee of First Baptist’s Bottom Line Business Luncheon. In 10 addition, he is a volunteer with Mobile Meals of Spartanburg; and 11 12 Whereas, the House of Representatives takes great pleasure in 13 honoring William Gerald Emory on the occasion of his 14 seventyfifth birthday, and the members join with his family and 15 friends in wishing him many happy returns of the day as he 16 celebrates this special milestone. Now therefore, 17 18 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 19 20 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 21 by this resolution, congratulate William Gerald Emory of 22 Spartanburg County on the occasion of his seventyfifth birthday 23 and wish him a joyous birthday celebration and many more years 24 of happiness and fulfillment. 25 26 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 27 William Gerald Emory. 28 XX 29

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