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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3962 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990421 Primary Sponsor:Koon All Sponsors:Koon, Riser, Gamble, Knotts, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Beck, Bowers, Breeland, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, McKay, M. McLeod, W. McLeod, McMahand, Meacham-Richardson, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Parks, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, Stille, Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, Woodrum and Young-Brickell Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\gjk\20589djc99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990427 Subject:Colonel Clarence E. Stuart, Resolutions History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990427 Received from Senate Senate 19990422 Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence House 19990421 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate Versions of This Bill
TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPON THE DEATH OF COLONEL CLARENCE E. STUART OF PELION AND TO EXTEND DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly were deeply saddened to learn of the death of retired Colonel Clarence Stuart of Pelion, the husband of state Representative Elsie Rast Stuart, who died April 10, 1999, at the Lexington County Medical Center; and
Whereas, Colonel Stuart was born February 23, 1915, on a farm near Midland, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1939. After teaching vocational agriculture at Almeda, Michigan, he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the United States Army in 1941. He served on the staff of General George Patton, sailing to North Africa in 1942, and participating in the allied amphibious landings in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France; and
Whereas, following World War II, Colonel Stuart continued a distinguished career spanning thirty years of service in the United States Army, including tours of duty at the Pentagon, Fort Sam Houston, Fort Hood, and Fort Sill. Following the outbreak of the Korean War, he rendered distinguished service in combat as commander of the 555th Field Artillery Battalion, known as "Triple Nickel", then supporting the Fifth Regimental Combat Team. Taking command of the badly battered battalion in August 1950, Colonel Stuart led his men in some of the fiercest fighting of the war. When the Fifth Regimental Combat Team was surrounded, Colonel Stuart's battalion was overrun by the enemy. He barely escaped capture but was successful in discovering an alternate route of escape and in leading his unit out of an ambush. For his heroic conduct, Colonel Stuart was awarded the Silver Star for bravery; and
Whereas, in addition to the Silver Star, Colonel Stuart's other commendations include the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit (Second Oak Leaf Cluster), Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Joint Service Commendation Medal; and
Whereas, following the Korean War, he served at the Pentagon, graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College, and served at SHAPE Headquarters in Fountainebleau, France. In 1958, he attended the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. After tours of duty at the Pentagon, Fort Hood, and Hawaii, he completed his Army career at Fortress Monroe in Hampton, Virginia; and
Whereas, following his thirty-year military career, Colonel Stuart received a master's in landscape architecture at the University of Massachusetts and spent his last twenty-five years in Columbia and Pelion. After his military retirement, he taught Sunday school, was a member of Pelion Ruritan Club, Pelion Community Club, Lexington County Water and Sewer Commission, Pelion Planning Commission, and delivered Meals on Wheels. He was a member of the Military Order of World Wars and a life member of both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars; and
Whereas, Colonel Stuart's first wife and mother of his five children, Elizabeth Freeland Stuart, died in 1975. In 1977, he married Elsie Sutherland Rast Stuart. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are his children, Judith Hohman and her husband, David, of Alexandria, Virginia; C. Paul Stuart of San Antonio, Texas; David M. Stuart; Kathleen Whitaker of Columbia, South Carolina; Wayne C. Stuart of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; a sister Alice Dinsmoore of Midland, Michigan; stepsons James Carlisle Rast; William Fort Rast; twelve grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one step-grandson; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, hereby express their deepest sympathy to his widow, his children, family and friends upon the death of this truly fine soldier, patriot, citizen, and gentleman. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly hereby express their deepest sympathy to the family of Colonel Clarence E. Stuart of Pelion, who died on April 10, 1999.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to his widow, Mrs. Elsie Sutherland Rast Stuart, of Pelion.
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