S*0731 Resolution, By Wilson, Land, Ravenel, McConnell and Courson
 A SENATE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO
 THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE JOSEPH O. ROGERS, JR., FORMERLY OF
 MANNING IN CLARENDON COUNTY.

   04/15/99  Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-8

TO EXPRESS THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE JOSEPH O. ROGERS, JR., FORMERLY OF MANNING IN CLARENDON COUNTY.

Whereas, the members of the Senate were saddened to learn of the death of Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., formerly of Manning in Clarendon County; and

Whereas, in a distinguished career, this son of South Carolina was born in Mullins and completed high school in Charleston where he matriculated at the College of Charleston to see his education interrupted by service in World War II in the 758th Engineer Company, Seventh Army, in North Africa and France; and

Whereas, after returning to civilian life, he completed his undergraduate education at the Citadel and earned his law degree at the University of South Carolina in 1950; and

Whereas, he established his law practice in Manning and represented Clarendon County with distinction in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1954 through 1966; and

Whereas, in an active career in politics, Joe Rogers was a pioneer in the rebirth and growth of the South Carolina Republican Party, being the first Republican nominee for Governor in this century in the 1966 election, and serving as a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention; and

Whereas, in his career at the bar, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, served as United States Attorney for South Carolina from 1969 through 1971, and frequently was appointed Special Circuit Judge; and

Whereas, in an active life serving his community and State, he was a member of the Commission on Higher Education, a director of the Bank of Clarendon, a member of the Clarendon County Development Board, a Mason, and an active member and lay leader of the Manning United Methodist Church where he served his local church and his Methodist denomination in numerous positions of responsibility; and

Whereas, it is appropriate for the members of the Senate to pause in their deliberations so that they may honor the memory of this great son of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, express their sympathy to the family and many friends of the late Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., formerly of Manning in Clarendon County.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Kathleen B. Rogers of Columbia, South Carolina.