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STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator McConnell
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0153.hla.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2012
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Mayor Grange S. Coffin, Jr. Road
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/10/2012 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 41)
1/10/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 41)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME STATE ROAD 165 SOUTHEAST OF TOOGOODOO ROAD IN THE TOWN OF MEGGETT AS THE "MAYOR GRANGE S. COFFIN, JR. ROAD" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS ROAD THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "MAYOR GRANGE S. COFFIN, JR. ROAD".
Whereas, roads throughout Charleston County and the great State of South Carolina have been named in honor of distinguished citizens who have given of both their time and effort to improve their communities; and
Whereas, Mr. Grange S. Coffin, Jr., along with his loving wife of sixty years, Shirley Coffin, has been a long-time resident of the Town of Meggett; and
Whereas, Mr. Coffin graduated from the Military College of South Carolina in 1951 before serving in the Air Force for twenty-seven years. He and Mrs. Coffin have been blessed with five children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren;
Whereas following his retirement as a colonel, Mr. Coffin devoted his life to the town of Meggett, enriching the community and touching the lives of its people; and
Whereas, Mr. Coffin taught for seventeen years at the St. Paul's Country Day School where he also served as headmaster; and
Whereas, Mayor Coffin was first elected Mayor of Meggett in 1981 and has served in that capacity with honor for thirty consecutive years; and
Whereas, Mayor Coffin was instrumental in renovating the Town of Meggett culminating in the opening of the Town Hall in 1988. Under his leadership, the town of Meggett has flourished and become a charming small Southern coastal town; and
Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to name State Road 165 Southeast of Toogoodoo Road in the Town of Meggett in honor of the selfless service of Mr. Coffin. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request that the Department of Transportation name State Road 165 Southeast of Toogoodoo Road in the Town of Meggett as the "Mayor Grange S. Coffin, Jr. Road" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this road that contain the words "Mayor Grange S. Coffin, Jr. Road".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Grange S. Coffin, Jr., and his family.
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