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RECOGNIZING THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATE EUGENE F. (GENE) JOHNSON OF MARION COUNTY AND HONORING HIS MEMORY BY NAMING THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER BRIDGE, ADJOINING HORRY COUNTY AND MARION COUNTY, ON HIGHWAY 917 JUST OUTSIDE OF MULLINS, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE "EUGENE F. (GENE) JOHNSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE".
Whereas, roads and bridges throughout Horry and Marion counties and the State of South Carolina have been named in honor of distinguished citizens who have given of both their time and efforts to improve this great State of South Carolina; and
Whereas, Eugene F. Johnson, known by all as "Gene", a respected and loved citizen of Marion County, born and bred in Horry County, who served seven and one-half years as a Mullins Police Officer and twenty-five years as a Constable for the Marion County Sheriff's Office, was found deceased in his automobile on June 18, 2003, in Marion, South Carolina; and
Whereas, Gene was laid to rest in Red Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery located just outside Mullins, South Carolina, along Highway 917 near the Little Pee Dee River; and
Whereas, during his thirty-two and one-half years of loyal service as a member of law enforcement, Gene Johnson demonstrated the utmost love and care for his fellow workers, friends, and citizens of Horry and Marion counties and extraordinary professionalism and dedication to his job and their protection, working countless hours both day and night, and going far beyond the call of duty; and
Whereas, Eugene F. (Gene) Johnson was a member of Woodmen of the World-Lodge #123, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association, the Mullins Coffee Club, the "Who-So-Ever Will" First Baptist Church Men's Class, and the Springfield Baptist Church of Loris, South Carolina; and
Whereas, this avid hunter and fisherman of the Horry County and Marion County lands and waters was a member of the Twin-States Hunting Club and Wildlife Action, who spent many memorable hours with his wife and four children camping and fishing and with fellow hunters and fishermen along the banks and woodlands of the Little Pee Dee River. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the Little Pee Dee River Bridge, adjoining Horry County and Marion County, on Highway 917 just outside of Mullins, South Carolina, the "Eugene F. (Gene) Johnson Memorial Bridge" and to honor the memory of the late Eugene F. (Gene) Johnson who served and loved this State and those counties.
Be it further resolved that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate markers or signs at this bridge containing the words "Eugene F. (Gene) Johnson Memorial Bridge".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
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