H*4246 Resolution, By G.A. Brown
 A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH
 CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF HENRY WILLIAMS, A NATIVE
 OF BISHOPVILLE, AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING
 FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

   05/30/13  House  Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 20)

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF HENRY WILLIAMS, A NATIVE OF BISHOPVILLE, AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Henry Williams at the age of seventy-eight on May 12, 2013; and

Whereas, born in Bishopville on October 23, 1934, he was the third son of Henry and Lizzie Wells Williams and was educated in the public schools of Lee County; and

Whereas, he married his beloved wife, Fannie Blackshear Williams, on July 15, 1978, in Somerset, New Jersey, and he was a loving stepfather to three children and one adopted son: Joseph, John, Edith, and Jahmel; and

Whereas, until he retired in January 1999, he worked as a foreman at Voller's Excavators of North Branch, New Jersey, and was a member of Local 156 of New Brunswick, New Jersey; and

Whereas, he was a faithful member of Traveler Fellowship Baptist Church in Piscataway, New Jersey, where he served as a trustee until he returned to Bishopville in 1998; and

Whereas, in 2004, he became an active member of Galilee Baptist Church in Mayesville and transferred his membership in January 2013 to Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Bishopville; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and legacy of Henry Williams and for the example of kindness he set for all who knew him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Henry Williams, a native of Bishopville, and extend their deepest sympathy to his large and loving family and his many friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to the family of Henry Williams.