H*4284 Resolution, By Townsend
 A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MARY ELIZABETH MARTIN GLENN, AND BEN HOYT
 GLENN OF RICHLAND COUNTY UPON CELEBRATING THEIR FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY,
 AND TO EXTEND TO THEM BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF HAPPINESS TOGETHER.

   06/04/97  House  Introduced and adopted HJ-53

TO CONGRATULATE MARY ELIZABETH MARTIN GLENN, AND BEN HOYT GLENN OF RICHLAND COUNTY UPON CELEBRATING THEIR FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND TO EXTEND TO THEM BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF HAPPINESS TOGETHER.

Whereas, Mary Elizabeth Martin Glenn and Ben Hoyt Glenn were married on September 28, 1947, by the Reverend M. C. Jackson, at the Jackson Creek Baptist Church Parsonage, Columbia, South Carolina; and

Whereas, Mary Elizabeth Martin Glenn is retired from the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of Spring Valley Baptist Church, where she is also employed as a teacher's aide at the church's preschool; and

Whereas, Ben Hoyt Glenn served in the South Pacific as a member of the U. S. Army during World War II, and is retired from the U. S. Postal Service; and

Whereas, their marriage that will reach the half-century mark on September 28, 1997, and Mary and Ben Glenn are devoted to each other, and have joyfully stood together as a model-married couple for fifty years; and

Whereas, they are the proud parents of four children, Philip Dean Glenn, Michael Hoyt Glenn, Carolyn Marie Glenn Payne, and Donna Claire Glenn Tinsley; and eight grandchildren: Matthew Hoyt Glenn, Phillip Chad Glenn, Michelle Marie Glenn Hudgins, Paula Marie Glenn, Melanie Ann Glenn, Sarah Elizabeth Payne, Claire Llewellyn Tinsley, and Mary Louise Tinsley; and

Whereas, we, the members of the House of Representatives, want the Glenns to know that our thoughts are with them on this splendid occasion and that we share in their joy. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hoyt Glenn of Richland County on the occasion of their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary, and to extend to them best wishes for many more years of happiness together.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hoyt Glenn.