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TO CONGRATULATE JEANETTE MACKEY-HACKETT OF GREENWOOD COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY, AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Jeanette Mackey-Hackett of Greenwood County will celebrate her eightieth birthday on June 28, 2014, surrounded by family and friends; and
Whereas, born in Bethune on June 6, 1934, in the fourth decade of the twentieth century, she has witnessed many remarkable social changes, and extraordinary technological advancements that have spanned the globe from that time into the second decade of the twenty-first century; and
Whereas, one of eleven children born to the late Reverend Charles and Bertha McCoy, she graduated from Mathers Academy in Camden; and
Whereas, she and her beloved husband, Zeddie Mackey, moved to Albany, New York, where they reared seven fine children, and returned to South Carolina to live in Greenwood with three of their children in 1981; and
Whereas, they were married for thirty-four years before his death in 1993. Their children blessed them with an amazing legacy of seventeen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren; and
Whereas, in 1997, she married her second husband, James M. Hackett, and she was blessed with another beautiful marriage for nine years until his death; and
Whereas, she is a faithful member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where she continues to serve as a deaconess and attends Sunday school when her health allows; and
Whereas, a former member of the Greenwood Martin Luther King Choir, she still enjoys gardening, baking, quilting, cooking, and deep-sea fishing; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to honor this daughter of South Carolina at the celebration of her eightieth birthday and join with her family and friends in congratulating her on reaching this extraordinary milestone. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Jeanette Mackey-Hackett of Greenwood County, on the occasion of her eightieth birthday, and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and many years of continued health and happiness.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Jeanette Mackey-Hackett.
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