H*5190 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*5190 Resolution, By Cooper
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MR. AND MRS. JACOB W. (JAKE) ROGERS OF
ANDERSON UPON THE OCCASION OF THEIR SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND TO THANK
THEM FOR A LIFETIME OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS ANDERSON COUNTY EDUCATORS.
05/27/98 House Introduced and adopted HJ-10
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO CONGRATULATE MR. AND MRS. JACOB W. (JAKE)
ROGERS OF ANDERSON UPON THE OCCASION OF THEIR
SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND TO THANK
THEM FOR A LIFETIME OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS
ANDERSON COUNTY EDUCATORS.
Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives are
pleased to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. (Jake) Rogers will
celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary on June 23, 1998;
and
Whereas, Sara Letitia Branyon and Jacob Walter Rogers are
both natives of Anderson County, met while attending Erskine
College, and were married June 23, 1938, in the Keowee Baptist
Church in Honea Path; and
Whereas, Mrs. Rogers graduated cum laude from Erskine
College with a B.A. in English in 1937, graduated from Furman
University with a M.A. in education in 1958, and served in the
Anderson County public school system for forty years, including
twenty years as a classroom teacher teaching English and
mathematics and twenty years as a guidance counselor. She
began work at Palmetto High School when it was established in
1953 and worked there until her retirement in 1980; and
Whereas, Mr. Rogers graduated from Erskine College with a
B.A. in history in 1934 where he lettered in football and baseball
and worked in the Anderson County public school system for
thirty-two years until his retirement in 1975. He coached
football, baseball, and basketball at White Plains and Belton
High Schools and taught history and government at Palmetto
High School beginning with its establishment in 1953; and
Whereas, they are both devoted members of the Young Memorial
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Anderson and are
the proud parents of two daughters, Patricia Ruth Rogers and
Sara Shirley (Sally) Rogers, and have two grandchildren; and
Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives, by this
resolution, would like to publicly recognize and congratulate
these truly outstanding South Carolinians on the occasion of their
upcoming sixtieth wedding anniversary and thank them for a
lifetime of service to countless numbers of students whose lives
they touched as two of South Carolina's most distinguished
educators. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the House of Representatives hereby
congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. (Jake) Rogers upon the
occasion of their sixtieth wedding anniversary, and thank them
for a lifetime of dedicated service as Anderson County educators.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded
to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. (Jake) Rogers.
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