South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 871

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Anderson
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6188cm11.docx

Introduced in the Senate on May 3, 2011
Introduced in the House on May 4, 2011
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 11, 2011

Summary: Dr. S. C. Cureton Memorial Highway

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    5/3/2011  Senate  Introduced, placed on calendar without reference 
                        (Senate Journal-page 19)
    5/4/2011  Senate  Adopted, sent to House (Senate Journal-page 11)
    5/4/2011  House   Introduced (House Journal-page 7)
    5/4/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions (House Journal-page 7)
    5/4/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
    5/5/2011  House   Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions (House Journal-page 30)
   5/11/2011  House   Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence 
                        (House Journal-page 19)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/3/2011
5/3/2011-A
5/4/2011
5/5/2011

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COMMITTEE REPORT

May 5, 2011

S. 871

Introduced by Senator Anderson

S. Printed 5/5/11--H.

Read the first time May 4, 2011.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON

INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 871) to request that the Department of Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 25 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 291 to its intersection with, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

LISTON D. BARFIELD for Committee.

            

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 25 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 291 TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH LENHART ROAD IN GREENVILLE COUNTY "DR. S. C. CURETON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG THIS HIGHWAY THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "DR. S. C. CURETON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".

Whereas, Dr. S. C. Cureton was born on March 24, 1930, and died on December 28, 2008, and participated at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960's; and

Whereas, Dr. Cureton received a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences in 1953 and a Doctor of Divinity in 1956, both from Benedict College; and

Whereas, on December 22, 1954, he married his beloved wife Claudette Hazel Chapman, and they raised four fine children; and

Whereas, Dr. Cureton served as a teacher for twenty-six years and pastored churches in the Missionary Baptist Convention since 1954 in Simpsonville, Pickens, Chester, and other places throughout South Carolina; and

Whereas, from 1965 until his death, Dr. Cureton pastored his home church, Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church in Mauldin, and taught his congregation to live their lives in such a way that others would see Christ, who is the light of the world, in them; and

Whereas, the church developed many outreach programs under his able leadership, including tutoring services, scholarship and academic-achievement recognition, senior-citizen recognition, family-night programs, extensive missionary programs, youth organizations, and the Save Our Sons Outreach Program; and

Whereas, from 1986 to 1991, Dr. Cureton served as the President of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, and during this time the convention increased its contributions to Benedict and Morris Colleges, administered a teen pregnancy prevention program, constructed a multi-unit housing project in Anderson, started the Dufauskie Island Project, and purchased land for a convention-owned conference center; and

Whereas, he served from 1996 to 1999 as Vice President At Large for the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.; and

Whereas, when he served as the Interim President of the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc., from 1999 to 2000, Dr. Cureton became the first South Carolinian ever to be named president of the convention, the largest black-organized body in the world, consisting of eight and one-half million members and thirty-three thousand churches; and

Whereas, President Bill Clinton appointed him to serve as a Commissioner of Presidential Scholars from 1993 to 2000. He was also the Vice Chairman of Morris College Trustee Board; and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the South Carolina General Assembly to forever recognize the many accomplishments of Dr. S. C. Cureton by naming a portion of South Carolina Highway 25 in Greenville County in his memory. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly request that the Department of Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 25 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 291 to its intersection with Lenhart Road in Greenville County "Dr. S. C. Cureton Memorial Highway" and erect appropriate markers or signs along this highway that contain the words "Dr. S. C. Cureton Memorial Highway".

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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