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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Short
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Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2004
Adopted by the Senate on March 17, 2004

Summary: Mrs. Eunice Ashford Hollingsworth

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/17/2004  Senate  Introduced and adopted SJ-19

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3/17/2004

TO RECOGNIZE MRS. EUNICE ASHFORD HOLLINGSWORTH OF THE GREENBRIAR COMMUNITY IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY ON THE REMARKABLE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE YEARS TO COME.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate were very pleased to learn that Mrs. Eunice Ashford Hollingsworth celebrated her one hundredth birthday on March 15, 2004; and

Whereas, birthdays are joyous occasions to be shared with one's family and friends, and the members of the Senate are honored to recognize this very special day on which Mrs. Hollingsworth celebrated one hundred years of a full and wonderful life; and

Whereas, Mrs. Hollingsworth was born on March 15, 1904, just after the dawning of the twentieth century, and as this century has brought incredible changes and developments to South Carolina, Eunice Hollingsworth has been there to witness it all; and

Whereas, Eunice Hollingsworth was born in the Greenbriar Community in    Fairfield County where she has made her home these past one hundred years; she was born to the late Samuel and Mattie Smith Ashford; and

Whereas, she was married to the late Samuel Arthur Hollingsworth, and she is the proud mother of three daughters, Alberta Hollingsworth Gaither, Louise Hollingsworth Pickett, and the late Jessie Mae Gadson. She has thirteen grandchildren, thirty-six great grandchildren, sixty-eight great-great grandchildren, and fourteen great-great-great grandchildren; she is the true matriarch of this large and loving family and is beloved by all; and

Whereas, Eunice Hollingsworth is the oldest member of County Baptist Church in the Greenbriar Community where she has been a longstanding, loyal, and faithful member; and

Whereas, throughout her life Eunice Hollingsworth has found great joy and pleasure in mothering all of the children growing up in the Greenbriar Community; she has loved fishing and cooking and is now an active member of Winnsboro Adult Daycare; and

Whereas, Eunice Ashford Hollingsworth is admired and known for her devotion to family, hard work, and service to others. She is the backbone of her family and a beacon of strength and dignity in the community, greatly respected and beloved by all who know her. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, wish to recognize Eunice Ashford Hollingsworth of the Greenbriar Community in Fairfield County on the remarkable occasion of her one hundredth birthday and wish her continued good health and much happiness in the years to come.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to Eunice Ashford Hollingsworth.

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