Bill 4429

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4429
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980120
Primary Sponsor:                Miller 
All Sponsors:                   Miller 
Drafted Document Number:        bbm\9562cm.98
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980402
Subject:                        Transportation Department to name
                                Reverend Luther Alston Memorial Highway
                                in Georgetown County, Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19980402  Received from Senate
Senate  19980402  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
House   19980401  Adopted, sent to Senate
House   19980331  Committee report: Favorable              24 HIMR
House   19980120  Introduced, referred to Committee        24 HIMR

COMMITTEE REPORT

March 31, 1998

H. 4429

S. Printed 3/31/98--H.

Read the first time January 20, 1998.

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4429), to request the Department of Transportation to name the portion of United States Highway 17 Bypass in Georgetown County, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

RICHARD M. QUINN, JR., for Committee.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 17 BYPASS IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 707 TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 17 BUSINESS SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF MURRELLS INLET IN HONOR OF REVEREND LUTHER ALSTON.

Whereas, Luther Alston, pastor, horticulturist, folklorist, and community leader was one of the patriarchs of the Murrells Inlet community in Georgetown County; and

Whereas, Reverend Alston was a founder and member of the property owner's association formed in 1991 to organize the unincorporated community of Murrells Inlet; and

Whereas, he was a spiritual man who worked tirelessly for the betterment of his fellow man; and

Whereas, Reverend Alston was born in Murrells Inlet, the son of the late Isadora "Tencha" Mazyck and Josiah Alston; and

Whereas, for fifty-four years he was the devoted husband of Anna Lee Alston; and

Whereas, he created and cared for the landscaped south entrance to Murrells Inlet at the intersection of United States Highways 17 Business and Bypass; and

Whereas, Reverend Alston pastored several area churches, including Eaddy's Tabernacle which he founded; and

Whereas, he was a historian and storyteller who gave numerous presentations about the history of Murrells Inlet and the rice culture that developed on Sandy Island; and

Whereas, in 1985, he was the key presenter at a folklife conference at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum; and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper that the portion of United States Highway 17 Bypass in Georgetown County from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 707 to its intersection with United States Highway 17 Business south of the Village of Murrells Inlet be named the "Reverend Luther Alston Memorial Highway" as a lasting tribute to this distinguished South Carolinian. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina designate and name the portion of United States Highway 17 Bypass in Georgetown County described in this resolution the "Reverend Luther Alston Memorial Highway" and to install appropriate markers or signs at places along the highway as the department considers advisable containing the words "Reverend Luther Alston Memorial Highway".

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation and the family of Reverend Luther Alston.