Current Status Bill Number:5231 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980603 Primary Sponsor:McLeod All Sponsors:McLeod Drafted Document Number:kgh\15710ac.98 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980616 Subject:Judge Walter T. Lake Road named in Newberry County, Resolutions, Transportation Department, Requests and Memorials
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House 19980616 Received from Senate
Senate 19980604 Introduced, adopted, returned
with concurrence
House 19980604 Adopted, sent to Senate
House 19980604 Committee report: Favorable 24 HIMR
House 19980603 Introduced, referred to Committee 24 HIMR
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TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 395 IN NEWBERRY COUNTY FROM THE KEMPSON FERRY BRIDGE TO THE BUSH RIVER BRIDGE AS JUDGE WALTER LAKE ROAD IN MEMORY OF THE LATE HONORABLE WALTER LAKE WHO SERVED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE COUNTY OF NEWBERRY WITH DISTINCTION AS THE FIRST FAMILY COURT JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION.
Whereas, the Honorable Walter Lake was born on July 6, 1923 in the Utopia Community of Newberry County to Edwin O. and Bessie Nichols Lake; and
Whereas, Judge Lake was a graduate of Silverstreet High School, Newberry College, and the University of South Carolina School of Law; he served as president of the student body at Newberry College; and
Whereas, he married Annelle Ruff and they were blessed with two children, Susan Annelle Lake and Walter T. Lake, Jr.; and
Whereas, Judge Lake practiced law in Newberry for twenty-eight years until being elected to serve in the newly created family court system as Family Court Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit; and
Whereas, he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1948, at the young age of twenty-five, serving until 1952 and upon re-election, served from 1968 to 1974. From 1956 to 1964 he served as a commissioner on the South Carolina Industrial Commission, now known as the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission; and
Whereas, Judge Lake was a great leader and humanitarian. He was dedicated to public service and was known as one of Newberry County's most compassionate public servants. As a leader he was prominent in providing enlightened direction to the county government, the public schools, economic development, and the judiciary in Newberry County; and
Whereas, he was the guiding spirit and operative force in upgrading and improving the road passing through the Utopia Community from the county seat at Newberry to Saluda County via the Kempson Ferry Crossing; and
Whereas, it is fitting and proper that the portion of South Carolina Highway 395 in Newberry County from the Kempson Ferry Bridge to the Bush River Bridge be named "Judge Walter Lake Road" as a lasting tribute to this distinguished South Carolinian. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation to name the portion of South Carolina Highway 395 in Newberry County from the Kempson Ferry Bridge to the Bush River Bridge as the Judge Walter Lake Road in memory of the late Honorable Walter Lake who served the State of South Carolina and the County of Newberry with distinction as a Family Court Judge for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, as a state representative in the South Carolina House of Representatives, and as a commissioner on the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of the late Honorable Walter Lake.