2005-2006 Bill 4906: Hester Byrd - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 4906 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Taylor, Duncan, M.A. Pitts, Agnew, Allen, Altman, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Breeland, G. Brown, 11 J. Brown, R. Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, 12 Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Edge, Emory, Frye, Funderburk, Govan, 13 Hagood, Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, J. Hines, 14 M. Hines, 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, Rhoad, Rice, Rivers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, 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, Thompson, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, Umphlett, Vaughn, Vick, Viers, Walker, Weeks, 20 Whipper, White, Whitmire, Witherspoon and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6790cm06.doc 22 23 Introduced in the House on March 29, 2006 24 Adopted by the House on March 29, 2006 25 26 Summary: Hester Byrd 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 3/29/2006 House Introduced and adopted HJ-5 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 3/29/2006 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE MRS. HESTER BYRD OF LAURENS 12 COUNTY AS SHE CELEBRATES HER ONE HUNDREDTH 13 BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 28, 2006, AND TO WISH HER A 14 MAGNIFICENT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AS WELL AS 15 MANY MORE YEARS OF HAPPINESS AND JOY. 16 17 Whereas, Mrs. Hester Byrd is the strong, witty family matriarch 18 and mother of two wonderful daughters, the late Mrs. Ruby N. 19 Perry, and the lovely and busy Mrs. Lillie “Toody” Thompson 20 (late husband Jessie) of the home; grandmother of one bright 21 gentleman, Assistant Principal of Laurens District High School 22 Jeffery Scott Thompson (wife Tammy); and great grandmother of 23 two handsome boys, Avery and Joshua Thompson of rural 24 Laurens; and 25 26 Whereas, she is also the proud adopted parent of Mary Joe Walker 27 (husband Lloyd), Angela Greer of Greenville, and Anthony 28 Ramage (wife Debra) of Mississippi; and 29 30 Whereas, Mrs. Byrd loves young children and was known in her 31 community as the Vine Street “village mom” who babysat four 32 neighborhood children and helped make sure each of them grew up 33 right and stayed out of trouble; and 34 35 Whereas, she is a very special aunt to a growing family that 36 includes one hundred fourteen nieces and nephews from both the 37 Smith and Byrd families; and 38 39 Whereas, Mrs. Byrd’s faith and love for the Lord is undeniable as 40 shown by her outstanding attendance at Springfield Missionary 41 Baptist Church in Laurens where she is the oldest member and still 42 attends on a regular basis; and

1 [4906] 1 1 2 Whereas, she has a special passion for the work of the Usher 3 Board, Missionary Society, and Hospitality Ministry; and 4 5 Whereas, Mrs. Byrd sprang into retirement after more than fifty 6 years of service as the number one Domestic Engineer and Nanny 7 for the late Dr. Lonnie Long and the vibrant Venice Long; and 8 9 Whereas, she is blessed with many talents. She has the reputation 10 as being one of the best tailors in Laurens and holds the title of 11 Oscar-Winning Stylist within her family; and 12 13 Whereas, Mrs. Byrd is also quite the baker in the kitchen. Her 14 famous pies and cakes are culinary masterpieces that are still in 15 high demand; and 16 17 Whereas, she currently enjoys her life gazing out at her pleasant 18 view of Vine Street from her easy chair and loves to watch Judge 19 Joe Brown and football on the television; and 20 21 Whereas, Mrs. Byrd loves to tell interesting and humorous stories 22 about the past to amuse and enlighten all who care to listen while 23 offering a living legacy of Black history facts and experiences; and 24 25 Whereas, the House of Representatives takes great pride in 26 celebrating the birthday of a South Carolina centenarian queen 27 who has taught so many the important life lessons she has 28 experienced throughout her long existing tenure in this world and 29 continues to remind everyone how special life can be. Now, 30 therefore, 31 32 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 33 34 That the members of the House of Representatives, of the State of 35 South Carolina, by this resolution, congratulate Mrs. Hester Byrd 36 of Laurens County as she celebrates her one hundredth birthday on 37 March 28, 2006, and wish her a magnificent birthday celebration 38 as well as many more years of happiness and joy. 39 40 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 41 Mrs. Byrd. 42 ----XX---- 43

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