H*4564 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*4564 Concurrent Resolution, By McMahand
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF GEORGE YOUNG, SR., OF
GREENVILLE COUNTY, WHO IN HIS NINETY YEARS UNFAILINGLY HAS BEEN A HARD WORKER,
A LOVING FAMILY MAN, A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN, A GENEROUS NEIGHBOR, AND A STELLAR
EXAMPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S EXCEPTIONAL CITIZENS.
02/04/98 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-6
02/05/98 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-15
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF GEORGE YOUNG, SR., OF
GREENVILLE COUNTY, WHO IN HIS NINETY YEARS
UNFAILINGLY HAS BEEN A HARD WORKER, A LOVING
FAMILY MAN, A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN, A GENEROUS
NEIGHBOR, AND A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA'S EXCEPTIONAL CITIZENS.
Whereas, George Young, Sr., was born on June 3, 1908, in
Greenville County, the fourth of eleven children of Mr. and Mrs.
Bodie Fuller Young; and
Whereas, he began at an early age to appreciate the rewards of hard
work, working a farm in the afternoons after attending school at Flat
Rock Baptist School and St. Autum School at Reedy Fork Baptist
Church, raising hogs, cows, and chickens and growing corn, cotton,
grain, and vegetables; and
Whereas, his employment included stints at Piedmont Mill Company,
P&N Railroad, Donaldson Air Force Base, and, finally, more
than twenty years with Seaboard Railroad; and
Whereas, that employment supplemented his farming income for a
growing family that eventually blessed him and his loving wife,
Alma Harrison, with nine children; and
Whereas, their sixty-two-year union began on Christmas Day of
1929, and today boasts, in addition to their nine children, thirty-two
grandchildren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren; and
Whereas, Mr. Young joined the Usher Board of Flat Rock Baptist
Church at the age of fifteen; and
Whereas, he has served his church faithfully since then in a number
of capacities: custodian for seventy-eight years, deacon for sixty-four
years, Chairman of the Deacon Board for ten years, choir member for
more than seventy-four years, treasurer for nineteen years, ward
leader for sixty years, President of BTU, and a delegate to the Reedy
River Baptist Association since childhood; and
Whereas, his neighbors know him as a Godly man who is always
generous with his time, processing meat for them, registering them to
vote, and supporting their causes; and
Whereas, when he was farming he was also generous with the fruits
and vegetables of his labors--a generosity gratefully attested to by his
pastor and admirer, Representative Willie B. McMahand; and
Whereas, Deacon Young is a man whose life brings honor to this
State. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly celebrate the life of
George Young, Sr., of Greenville County, who in his ninety years
unfailingly has been a hard worker, a loving family man, a faithful
Christian, a generous neighbor, and a stellar example of South
Carolina's exceptional citizens.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
Mr. Young.
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