1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 3885 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Gagnon, Gambrell, 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, Funderburk, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hardwick, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mack, 16 McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, 17 Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Quinn, Ridgeway, 18 Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, 19 J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, Toole, Weeks, 20 Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1125cz15.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 24, 2015 24 Adopted by the House on March 24, 2015 25 26 Summary: Jimmy Ray Sutherland 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/24/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 10) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 3/24/2015 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JIMMY RAY SUTHERLAND 12 OF ANDERSON COUNTY FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF 13 DEDICATED SERVICE WITH THE IVA FIRE DEPARTMENT 14 AND TO WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT 15 IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. 16 17 Whereas, in 1975, the young Jimmy Ray Sutherland began his 18 career as a volunteer firefighter with the Iva Fire Department. 19 From the beginning, he proved his selfless commitment to 20 community service, a commitment that has never faltered 21 throughout his life; and 22 23 Whereas, while serving as a volunteer firefighter, he also took up 24 his duties as a police officer with the Town of Iva and in 1984 was 25 appointed chief of police; and 26 27 Whereas, in 1992, after the death of Fire Chief Jones, Jimmy Ray 28 Sutherland was selected to serve as the Iva Fire Department’s third 29 chief, following the long careers of Chief Burdette and Chief 30 Jones; and 31 32 Whereas, Chief Sutherland’s many achievements during his tenure 33 include the relocation of the fire department from its original home 34 on East Front Street to a much larger and more modern facility on 35 Highway 81, as well as the replacement of fleet vehicles with more 36 modern vehicles that provide safer and more reliable fire service to 37 the community; and 38 39 Whereas, Chief Sutherland did not stand alone in serving the Town 40 of Iva; his family contributed to his outstanding service by fully 41 supporting him, especially his dear wife, Angie Sutherland, who 42 has played an important role in the success of the Iva Fire

[3885] 2 1 Department by serving as its secretary for many years. This role 2 she has filled with consistent dedication and loyalty to the 3 department and to the community; and 4 5 Whereas, recently, having retired as Iva’s fire chief, Jimmy Ray 6 Sutherland took on new responsibilities and challenges in another 7 post, and the members of the House of Representatives wish to 8 express their gratitude for his exemplary service to the people of 9 Iva during his four decades as a firefighter there. His new 10 colleagues are blessed to have him joining their ranks, and he will 11 be missed by his colleagues and many friends in Iva. Now, 12 therefore, 13 14 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 15 16 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 17 by this resolution, recognize and honor Jimmy Ray Sutherland of 18 Anderson County for his many years of dedicated service with the 19 Iva Fire Department and wish him much success and fulfillment in 20 all his future endeavors. 21 22 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 23 Jimmy Ray Sutherland. 24 XX 25

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