2005-2006 Bill 4237: the Reverend Hilda Mcmahand - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 4237 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Allen 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10958mm05.doc 11 12 Introduced in the House on May 31, 2005 13 Introduced in the Senate on May 31, 2005 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on May 31, 2005 15 16 Summary: The Reverend Hilda McMahand 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 5/31/2005 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-81 23 5/31/2005 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-8 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 5/31/2005 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 RECOGNIZING THE REVEREND HILDA MCMAHAND OF 12 GREENVILLE COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER 13 SEVENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND EXPRESSING 14 HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR HER MANY YEARS OF 15 SERVICE TO HER CHURCH AND HER COMMUNITY. 16 17 Whereas, the Reverend Hilda McMahand of Greenville County, 18 celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday and the forty-eighth 19 anniversary of her ministry at a gala gathering of family and 20 friends April 30, 2005; and 21 22 Whereas, the Family Life Center at Flat Rock Baptist Church in 23 Piedmont, the church pastored by her husband, the Reverend W. B. 24 McMahand, and served by her as associate pastor, was the site of 25 the inspiring event; and 26 27 Whereas, Pastor Hilda McMahand earned a Masters of Theology 28 degree from the Southern Bible Seminary in Birmingham, 29 Alabama, and served the Christian Methodist denomination for 30 twenty-one years and pastored five churches before her marriage in 31 1973; and 32 33 Whereas, this stepmother to six children, grandmother of nineteen, 34 and great-grandmother of twenty-seven, has devoted her life to her 35 family, her church, and her community; and 36 37 Whereas, her contributions to Flat Rock Baptist and the Greenville 38 County Ministers’ Wives and Widows group have enhanced the 39 spiritual lives of countless people; and 40 41 Whereas, her community efforts include active participation in the 42 Democratic Women and United Ministries, and her vital and

1 [4237] 1 1 inspirational outreach also includes the authorship of two books, 2 Stop the Killing and Thou Shall Not Kill; and 3 4 Whereas, it is a privilege for the General Assembly to pay tribute 5 to South Carolinians who invest so much energy and love in their 6 fellow citizens. Now, therefore, 7 8 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 9 concurring: 10 11 That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South 12 Carolina, by this resolution, recognize the Reverend Hilda 13 McMahand of Greenville County on the occasion of her 14 seventy-fifth birthday and express heartfelt gratitude for her many 15 years of service to her church and her community. 16 17 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 18 the Reverend Hilda McMahand. 19 ----XX---- 20

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