S*1159 Resolution, By Wilson, Courson, Giese, Jackson, Peeler and M.B. Williams
 A Senate Resolution expressing the sympathy of the members of the Senate to
 the family and many friends of the late William Gladden Huntt Smoke, Sr., of
 St. Matthews in Calhoun County.

   02/09/94  Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-11

A SENATE RESOLUTION

EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE WILLIAM GLADDEN HUNTT SMOKE, SR., OF ST. MATTHEWS IN CALHOUN COUNTY.

Whereas, the members of the Senate were saddened to note the death on January 22, 1994, of Mr. William Gladden Smoke, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County; and

Whereas, Mr. Smoke, a graduate of Clemson University and an Army veteran of World War II, was the founder of W. Gladden Smoke Oil Company and W. Gladden Smoke Insurance Agency and was a jobber for Union 76 Oil Company; and

Whereas, Mr. Smoke served as mayor and a member of the Town Council of St. Matthews and served on the Lower Savannah Regional Commission and the Coastal Plains Regional Commission; and

Whereas, among his other activities, Mr. Smoke was a member of the South Carolina Republican Party, the Palmetto Club, and St. Paul United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the board of trustees, the board of stewards, and the finance committee; and

Whereas, it is appropriate for the members of the Senate to pause in their deliberations so that they might note the passing of so distinguished a son of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the Senate extend sympathy to the family and many friends of the late William Gladden Huntt Smoke, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to his wife, Mrs. Aurelia Antley Smoke of 703 East Bridge Street, St. Matthews, South Carolina.