2015-2016 Bill 4178: Charles Robert Hester - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 4178 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Ridgeway, 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, Gagnon, Gambrell, George, Gilliard, Goldfinch, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, 14 Hayes, Henderson, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hicks, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, Horne, Hosey, Howard, 15 Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, King, Kirby, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, 16 Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McKnight, M.S. McLeod, W.J. McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, 17 D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, Nanney, Neal, Newton, Norman, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pitts, Pope, 18 Putnam, Quinn, Riley, Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Ryhal, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, 19 G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, Southard, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Tinkler, 20 Toole, Weeks, Wells, Whipper, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24414cm15.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on May 14, 2015 24 Adopted by the House on May 14, 2015 25 26 Summary: Charles Robert Hester 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 5/14/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 5) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 5/14/2015 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF CHARLES 12 ROBERT HESTER OF CLARENDON COUNTY. 13 14 Whereas, born near Clarksville, Tennessee, on August 8, 1931, 15 Charles Robert Hester was the son of the late James Bert Hester 16 and Tyson Lowder Hester; and 17 18 Whereas, two years after his birth, the family moved to the Wilson 19 community of Manning to the childhood home of Charles’ mother; 20 and 21 22 Whereas, after graduating from Manning High School, he served 23 as a bookkeeper for the Clarendon County School Board; and 24 25 Whereas, Mr. Hester later went to work at Clarendon Memorial 26 Hospital, starting there as the bookkeeper and rising to serve as the 27 assistant administrator; and 28 29 Whereas, he served with the hospital for thirtynine years before he 30 retired in 1996, but he returned to Clarendon Memorial Hospital 31 parttime to serve as the administrative representative on weekends; 32 and 33 34 Whereas, Mr. Hester devoted himself to his community through 35 many community activities, including his active participation in 36 the Clarendon County Historical Society and the Swamp Fox 37 Murals Trail Society, where he served as treasurer; and 38 39 Whereas, with interests in a wide range of diverse fields, Charles 40 Hester gained extensive knowledge and expertise by educating 41 himself in such areas as music, history, theology, art, theatre, and 42 interior design; and

[4178] 2 1 2 Whereas, a faithful and lifelong member of Union United 3 Methodist Church at Wilson, he gave of his time, energy, and 4 abilities to serve as treasurer and church musician; and 5 6 Whereas, until his passing on April 18, 2015, he was devoted to 7 his family members. Although his brother and sister predeceased 8 him, he was delighted to spend time with their spouses and his 9 niece and two nephews, as well as their children and 10 grandchildren; and 11 12 Whereas, he was beloved by his Union United Methodist Church 13 family, his hospital family, and many close friends; and 14 15 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 16 Representatives appreciate the profound life and legacy of Charles 17 Hester and the example of service and enterprise he set for all who 18 knew him. Now, therefore, 19 20 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 21 22 That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of 23 South Carolina, by this resolution, remember and celebrate the life 24 of Charles Robert Hester of Clarendon County. 25 26 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 27 the family of Charles Robert Hester. 28 XX 29

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