Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1159 Primary Sponsor:Wilson Type of Legislation:SR Subject:Smoke, William Gladden Huntt, Sr. Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940209 Computer Document Number:JIC/5479HC.94 Introduced Date:19940209 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940209 Last History Type:Introduced, adopted Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilson Williams Peeler Giese Jackson Courson Type of Legislation:Senate Resolution
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 1159 Senate 19940209 Introduced, adoptedView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE WILLIAM GLADDEN HUNTT SMOKE, SR., OF ST. MATTHEWS IN CALHOUN COUNTY.
Whereas, the members of the Senate were saddened to note the death on January 22, 1994, of Mr. William Gladden Smoke, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County; and
Whereas, Mr. Smoke, a graduate of Clemson University and an Army veteran of World War II, was the founder of W. Gladden Smoke Oil Company and W. Gladden Smoke Insurance Agency and was a jobber for Union 76 Oil Company; and
Whereas, Mr. Smoke served as mayor and a member of the Town Council of St. Matthews and served on the Lower Savannah Regional Commission and the Coastal Plains Regional Commission; and
Whereas, among his other activities, Mr. Smoke was a member of the South Carolina Republican Party, the Palmetto Club, and St. Paul United Methodist Church, where he was chairman of the board of trustees, the board of stewards, and the finance committee; and
Whereas, it is appropriate for the members of the Senate to pause in their deliberations so that they might note the passing of so distinguished a son of South Carolina. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the Senate extend sympathy to the family and many friends of the late William Gladden Huntt Smoke, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to his wife, Mrs. Aurelia Antley Smoke of 703 East Bridge Street, St. Matthews, South Carolina.