H 5045 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 5045 Concurrent Resolution, By Koon, Rhoad and Stuart
A Concurrent Resolution to request the Department of Transportation to name
the portion of U. S. Highway 301 from the Bamberg city limits to Elderbranch
Road in Orangeburg County as the "William Blease Lattimore, Sr. Memorial
Highway".
05/21/96 House Introduced HJ-19
05/21/96 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
Resolutions HJ-19
05/23/96 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
Memorial Resolutions HJ-63
05/23/96 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-63
05/23/96 Senate Introduced SJ-47
INTRODUCED
May 23, 1996
H. 5045
Introduced by REPS. Koon, Rhoad and Stuart
S. Printed 5/23/96--S.
Read the first time May 23, 1996.
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
NAME THE PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 FROM THE
BAMBERG CITY LIMITS TO ELDERBRANCH ROAD IN
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AS THE "WILLIAM BLEASE
LATTIMORE, SR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".
Whereas, William Blease Lattimore, Sr., was born in York County
on August 6, 1912, the son of William Carson and Ruth S.
Lattimore, and was a resident of Richland County when he died
September 29, 1984; and
Whereas, Mr. Lattimore came from a family of highway
construction workers and at the age of twelve, he went to work with
his father in road construction carrying water for mules; and
Whereas, he dedicated the majority of the next fifty years to
building and improving roads and highways in South Carolina; and
Whereas, Mr. Lattimore's career as a superintendent in road
construction included being superintendent of two sections of
Interstate 20 in Lexington County, two sections of Interstate 26, two
sections of Interstate 85, one section of Interstate 95, and numerous
main and secondary roads throughout the State; and
Whereas, during his tenure as construction superintendent the name
"Lattimore" was synonymous with road construction in
South Carolina; and
Whereas, Mr. Lattimore's last road construction job was as
superintendent on widening U.S. Highway 301 in Bamberg and
Orangeburg counties where one of his two sons, also in road
construction, worked with him on this job; and
Whereas, Mr. Lattimore was a hardworking, well respected
supervisor and a man of talent, leadership, and integrity who was
committed to doing the best job possible; and
Whereas, it is fitting and proper that the work and service to which
Mr. William Blease Lattimore dedicated his life be recognized by
naming a portion of U.S. Highway 301 as the "William
Blease Lattimore, Sr. Memorial Highway". Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request that the
Department of Transportation designate and name the portion of
U.S. Highway 301 from the Bamberg City limits to Elderbranch
Road in Orangeburg County as the "William Blease
Lattimore, Sr. Memorial Highway" and install appropriate
markers or signs at placed along the highway as the department
considers advisable containing the words "William Blease
Lattimore, Sr. Memorial Highway".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the family of Mr. William Blease Lattimore, Sr., c/o Mr. Shelton
Lattimore, P. O. Box 21, Gilbert, South Carolina 29054.
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