South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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Bill 860


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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SERGEANT SILLER ANDERSON, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE COUNTY OF LEXINGTON, AND TO WISH HIM SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, for twenty-five years, Sergeant Siller Anderson has diligently served the people of Lexington County and this State as a consummate law enforcement professional beginning in 1981 to 1984, when he served as a reserve deputy with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department before serving as an officer for a year with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division assigned to the Capitol Complex Police; and

Whereas, he then returned to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department as a deputy and master deputy from 1985 to 1989, and he has served that department as a sergeant assigned to the Court Security Unit since 1989; and

Whereas, Sergeant Anderson for the last twenty years has also served with distinction as a special deputy United States marshal to provide courtroom security for the federal judiciary; and

Whereas, among the numerous professional schools he has completed since Basic Law Enforcement with the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 1985, he has finished court security training through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 1988, the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 1989, the South Carolina Sheriff's Association in 1992, and the National Sheriff's Association in 2003; and

Whereas, in July 2005, he was named Employee of the Quarter by the Lexington County Sheriff's Department and earned the Honorable Service Award in October 2005, and in May 2007 he received the Meritorious Conduct Award, the Special Achievement Award in November 2007, and the Community Service Award in March 2009; and

Whereas, he has served his community with Adopt A Family from 2000-2006, the Lexington Interfaith Community Food Drive in 2004 and 2005, Project Angel Tree from 2006 to 2008, and the Jail Overcrowding Committee and Sub-Committee from 2006 to 2009; and

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to pause it its deliberations to commend Sergeant Siller Anderson after twenty-five years of faithful service to the citizens of Lexington County and the Palmetto State, and wish for him many years of enjoyment and rest in his much-deserved retirement. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, recognize and honor Sergeant Siller Anderson, upon the occasion of his retirement, for twenty-five years of service to the County of Lexington, and wish him success and happiness in all his future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Sergeant Siller Anderson.

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