H*5231 Concurrent Resolution, By W. McLeod
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME
 THE PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 395 IN NEWBERRY COUNTY FROM THE KEMPSON
 FERRY BRIDGE TO THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE AS JUDGE WALTER LAKE ROAD IN MEMORY OF
 THE LATE HONORABLE WALTER LAKE WHO SERVED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE
 COUNTY OF NEWBERRY WITH DISTINCTION AS THE FIRST FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR THE
 EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE
 OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA WORKERS'
 COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

   06/03/98  House  Introduced HJ-93
   06/03/98  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions HJ-93
   06/04/98  House  Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
                     Memorial Resolutions HJ-81
   06/04/98  House  Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-82
   06/04/98  Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-22

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 395 IN NEWBERRY COUNTY FROM THE KEMPSON FERRY BRIDGE TO THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE AS JUDGE WALTER LAKE ROAD IN MEMORY OF THE LATE HONORABLE WALTER LAKE WHO SERVED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE COUNTY OF NEWBERRY WITH DISTINCTION AS THE FIRST FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION.

Whereas, the Honorable Walter Lake was born on July 6, 1923 in the Utopia Community of Newberry County to Edwin O. and Bessie Nichols Lake; and

Whereas, Judge Lake was a graduate of Silverstreet High School, Newberry College, and the University of South Carolina School of Law; he served as president of the student body at Newberry College; and

Whereas, he married Annelle Ruff and they were blessed with two children, Susan Annelle Lake and Walter T. Lake, Jr.; and

Whereas, Judge Lake practiced law in Newberry for twenty-eight years until being elected to serve in the newly created family court system as Family Court Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit; and

Whereas, he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1948, at the young age of twenty-five, serving until 1952 and upon re-election, served from 1968 to 1974. From 1956 to 1964 he served as a commissioner on the South Carolina Industrial Commission, now known as the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission; and

Whereas, Judge Lake was a great leader and humanitarian. He was dedicated to public service and was known as one of Newberry County's most compassionate public servants. As a leader he was prominent in providing enlightened direction to the county government, the public schools, economic development, and the judiciary in Newberry County; and

Whereas, he was the guiding spirit and operative force in upgrading and improving the road passing through the Utopia Community from the county seat at Newberry to Saluda County via the Kempson Ferry Crossing; and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper that the portion of South Carolina Highway 395 in Newberry County from the Kempson Ferry Bridge to the Bush River Bridge be named "Judge Walter Lake Road" as a lasting tribute to this distinguished South Carolinian. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation to name the portion of South Carolina Highway 395 in Newberry County from the Kempson Ferry Bridge to the Bush River Bridge as the Judge Walter Lake Road in memory of the late Honorable Walter Lake who served the State of South Carolina and the County of Newberry with distinction as a Family Court Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, as a state representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives, and as a commissioner on the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of the late Honorable Walter Lake.