H*4929 Concurrent Resolution, By McMahand
 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing and commending the Reverend Robert Earl
 Dennis for his twenty-five years of outstanding and dedicated service as
 Pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Greenville County.

   03/17/94  House  Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-4
   03/22/94  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-8

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE REVEREND ROBERT EARL DENNIS FOR HIS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE AS PASTOR OF CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN GREENVILLE COUNTY.

Whereas, the Reverend Robert Earl Dennis was educated at American Baptist Theological Seminary Extension in Greenville from 1967-1968, and Morris College in Sumter, where he received his Bachelor of Theology degree in 1978; and

Whereas, he was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree at Benedict College in Columbia in 1990; and

Whereas, he has served as pastor of Holly Spring Baptist Church in Belton from 1969-1970 and has been the pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Simpsonville since 1969; and

Whereas, Reverend Dennis has been a member of many organizations over the years, including the Greenville Branch of the NAACP, the South Carolina Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention, Board of Directors for Benjamin Banneker Sickle Cell Anemia, Board of Directors Greenville County Department of Social Services, and the Greenville Urban League's Housing Corporation Board; and

Whereas, he has received the "Board Member of the Year Award, SHARE 1982"; the "Distinguished Service Award SHARE Board of Directors, 1979-1984"; and the "Distinguished Service Award, Golden Strip YMCA Board of Directors, 1979-1982"; and

Whereas, he was a Jefferson Award nominee in 1985, and the City of Greenville proclaimed June 2, 1985, as "The Reverend Robert E. Dennis Day in the City of Greenville"; and Whereas, he has been a highly respected leader in the community with an abiding desire for social justice; and

Whereas, he has been a dynamic pastor at Cedar Grove Baptist Church for a quarter of a century and is truly beloved by his congregation and by many, many other citizens of Simpsonville and Greenville County; and

Whereas, there will be services to honor him on Friday, May 27, 1994; and

Whereas, Reverend Dennis is an outstanding individual and an excellent churchman, and it gives the members of the General Assembly pleasure to have this opportunity to recognize and commend him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South carolina, by this resolution, recognizes and commends the Reverend Robert Earl Dennis for his twenty-five years of outstanding and dedicated service as pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Greenville County.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Reverend Robert Earl Dennis, 628 New Harrison Bridge Road, Simpsonville, 29681.