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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE EDWARD RAYMOND 12 MOORE, SR., OF RICHLAND COUNTY, UPON THE 13 OCCASION OF HIS NINETY-SECOND BIRTHDAY, AND TO 14 WISH HIM MANY MORE YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH 15 AND HAPPINESS. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly of the State of 18 South Carolina are pleased to learn that Edward Raymond Moore, 19 Sr., a loyal son of South Carolina, will celebrate the milestone of 20 ninety-two years on May 25, 2008; and 21 22 Whereas, born in 1916 in Hendersonville, South Carolina, the third 23 of five sons to Lottie Speights Moore and George Edward Haskell 24 Moore, his mother moved the family from the large plantation to 25 Walterboro shortly after his father’s death; and 26 27 Whereas, after he completed Walterboro High School excelling in 28 athletics, he attended Clemson University to study architecture, 29 where he played football on the freshmen squad before transferring 30 to Auburn University in Alabama; and 31 32 Whereas, on February 7, 1942, he married his beloved wife, the 33 late Mattie Daisy Burnette, and they raised four fine children, 34 Edward Raymond Moore, Jr., Thomas George Moore, Elise Moore 35 Edson, and Deborah Moore Ervin, who blessed them with fourteen 36 adoring grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and 37 38 Whereas, before World War II, Raymond Moore trained at Fort 39 Knox under General George Patton and then served with 40 distinction during the war as a radio officer with the 20th Army Air 41 Corps, 313th Bombardment Wing, on Tinian Island in the South 42 Pacific. He was the officer on duty who first received the coded

1 [1401] 1 1 radio message from the Enola Gay that the atomic bomb had been 2 dropped on Hiroshima, Japan; and 3 4 Whereas, after the war he returned to his small family in 5 Walterboro and commuted to Aiken daily to work as an electrician 6 at the Dupont nuclear plant at the Savannah River site before he 7 moved his growing family to Aiken in 1953; and 8 9 Whereas, when he became a Christian in the 1960’s, he wanted to 10 show his gratitude, so he retired early and purchased the option for 11 property in Rosman, North Carolina, in order to build a Christian 12 camp for youth. In 1968, he sold his option to Bob Jones 13 University and built all the camp’s structures at The Wilds, 14 including two homes, a lodge, a dining hall, and twelve cabins, all 15 of which are still used today; and 16 17 Whereas, in 1969, Raymond Moore moved his family to 18 Charleston County and became the electrical contractor for the 19 veterans’ hospital that was built at the former Charleston Naval 20 Base and retired again in the 1980’s, when he and his wife 21 cultivated acres of beautiful day lilies at their home on John’s 22 Island. After her death in 2001, he moved to Blythewood to live 23 with his oldest son; and 24 25 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly congratulate 26 Edward Raymond Moore, Sr., upon reaching the benchmark of 27 ninety-two years, and express their gratitude for his faithful service 28 to this State and to our nation. Now, therefore, 29 30 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 31 concurring: 32 33 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 34 resolution, honor and recognize Edward Raymond Moore, Sr., of 35 Richland County, upon the occasion of his ninety-second birthday, 36 and wish him many more years of continued health and happiness. 37 38 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 39 Edward Raymond Moore, Sr. 40 ----XX---- 41

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