S*1349 Concurrent Resolution, By Land
 A Concurrent Resolution to express the deepest sympathy of the members of the
 General Assembly to the family and many friends and admirers of James E. Mayes
 of Sumter who died Monday, April 4, 1994.

   04/13/94  Senate Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-13
   04/14/94  House  Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence HJ-7

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS OF JAMES E. MAYES OF SUMTER WHO DIED MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1994.

Whereas, Mr. James E. Mayes of Sumter died Monday, April 4, 1994; and

Whereas, one of the South's last giants in the cotton industry, Mr. Mayes ran an eight thousand acre operation just outside of Mayesville, a rural town in eastern Sumter County once solely devoted to cultivating cotton; and

Whereas, a descendant of the "father of Mayesville", Mr. Mayes also served as the town's mayor for twenty years. Mr. Mayes, affectionately known as "Bubba Jim", was also past president of the National Cotton Council and a past chairman of the Sumter School District 2 Board of Trustees; and

Whereas, Mr. Mayes retired from farming at the age of seventy-five years and ended a personal agricultural dynasty in Sumter County that spanned five decades, which was part of a family dynasty that lasted nearly two hundred years; and

Whereas, his death marks the loss of one of the State's most successful and well-liked farmers; and

Whereas, the Mayes family farming tradition stretches back to the early nineteenth century when Matthew Peterson "Squire" Mayes II moved to Sumter County and gave Mayesville its name just after the War of 1812, according to Cassie Nicholes' `Historical Sketches on Sumter County'; and Whereas, Jim Mayes moved back to Mayesville in 1935 after attending college and increased the number of acres he planted from two thousand to about eight thousand; and

Whereas, Mr. Mayes was a son of the late Robert James, Jr., and Janie Rhodes Mayes; and

Whereas, he was a deacon and elder at Mayesville Presbyterian Church and a past moderator of Harmony Presbytery. Mr. Mayes also served as chairman of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education; and

Whereas, in addition to serving as president of the National Cotton Council, Mr. Mayes served for many years as a director of the National Cotton Council Board. He was also a past national co-chairman of Cotton Incorporated; and

Whereas, Mr. Mayes was a past member of the Board of Trustees of Converse College; and

Whereas, survivors include his wife, Katie Beaty Mayes; two daughters, Kathleen Mayes DuBose and Patricia Mayes Hines; a son, James E. Mayes Jr.; and several grandchildren. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly express their deepest sympathy to the family and many friends and admirers of James E. Mayes of Sumter who died Monday, April 4, 1994.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of Mr. Mayes.