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H*5276
Session 125 (2023-2024)


H 5276  Resolution, By  Anderson and Hewitt

A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MARY JOYCE HOLMES, BOARD MEMBER ON THE GEORGETOWN COUNTYNext BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS, AND TO COMMEND HER FOR HER SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SERVICE AND FOR HER DEDICATION TO REGISTERING MINORITY VOTERS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO VOTE.
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
3/19/2024 House Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 7)


VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

03/19/2024



H. 5276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A house RESOLUTION

 

to recognize and honor Mary Joyce Holmes, board member on the Georgetown PreviousCountyNext Board of Voter Registration and Elections, and to commend her for her significant community service and for her dedication to registering minority voters and encouraging them to vote.

 

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for Mary Joyce Holmes' dedication to the Georgetown community and appreciate her more than a half century in the same industry and office; and

 

Whereas, born in Marion PreviousCountyNext in 1947, she is the daughter of Lacy and Louise Richardson, who were traveling farmers and worked at different manufacturers. She was reared in Marion PreviousCountyNext and learned the value of hard work from the example of her parents; and

 

Whereas, her entire school career took place at Bethel School in Britton's Neck in Marion PreviousCountyNext. Although she was trained to harvest crops and raise breeding stock, that was not her passion. Mary Joyce wanted to teach; and

 

Whereas, even as a young girl farming the land with her parents and her only sibling, younger brother Leon, she wanted to be a teacher. Ms. Holmes earned a bachelor's degree in education from Benedict College in order to fulfill that dream; and

 

Whereas, she began her professional career as a teacher at Choppee High School, and soon after, she had the first of three children in 1970. In 1973, Ms. Holmes was hired to work in Georgetown's voter registration office.  She eventually became the first director of Georgetown PreviousCountyNext Voter Registration and Elections in 1996 when the two offices merged; and

 

Whereas, she led the office until her retirement in 2006, and two years later, she was appointed to the Georgetown PreviousCountyNext Board of Voter Registration and Elections and has served there ever since, offering her wealth of knowledge and experience now as a volunteer; and

 

Whereas, small in stature and soft spoken, she became a fierce advocate for voter registration in Georgetown PreviousCountyNext, inspiring minority citizens to register to vote and to participate in elections; and

 

Whereas, Ms. Holmes and her beloved husband, William Holmes, enjoy her three adult children, two girls and one boy; and

 

Whereas, grateful for her many years of distinguished service to Georgetown PreviousCountyNext, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to express their appreciation to Mary Joyce Holmes for her devoted service to Georgetown PreviousCountyNext.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Mary Joyce Holmes, board member on the Georgetown PreviousCounty Board of Voter Registration and Elections, and commend her for her significant community service and for her dedication to registering minority voters and encouraging them to vote.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mary Joyce Holmes.

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