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H. 3894
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Brantley
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1202ahb09.docx
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2009
Adopted by the House on April 21, 2009
Summary: Deacon Jesse Wright
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/21/2009 House Introduced and adopted HJ-10
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TO CONGRATULATE DEACON JESSE WRIGHT OF JASPER COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS NINETY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY, AND TO WISH HIM A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Deacon Jesse Wright of Jasper County will celebrate his ninety-fifth birthday on April 25, 2009; and
Whereas, Deacon Wright, the son of Francis Proctor Wright and Rosa Stevenson Wright, was born on April 25, 1914, in the early part of the twentieth century, and he has been witness to nearly all the incredible changes and developments that have come to this nation from that time into the twenty-first century; and
Whereas, reared in the Wagonbranch-Tillman community, he attended the public schools of Jasper County; and
Whereas, a part-time farmer, Jesse Wright also worked as a longshoreman in Savannah, Georgia. He eventually moved his family to Stamford, Connecticut, where he worked for Clairol/Bristol Myers until retirement; and
Whereas, he was married to the late Pearlie Gamble Wright. Together, they lovingly raised four children, Henry, Jessie Lee, Leroy, and Elizabeth, who have given their parents the joy of seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; and
Whereas, as an outstanding community leader, Deacon Wright served as chairman of the board of deacons at St. Matthew Baptist Church, which he now serves as deacon emeritus. He is also a member of Happy Home Lodge #125 in Hardeeville; and
Whereas, the House of Representatives is pleased to honor this son of South Carolina at the celebration of his ninety-fifth birthday and joins with his family and friends in congratulating him on reaching this extraordinary milestone. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Deacon Jesse Wright of Jasper County on the occasion of his ninety-fifth birthday, and wish him a joyous birthday celebration and continued health and happiness.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Jesse Wright.
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