South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 790

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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Sabb
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Introduced in the Senate on April 30, 2019
Adopted by the Senate on April 30, 2019

Summary: Rosa Palmer Rogers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/30/2019  Senate  Introduced and adopted (Senate Journal-page 5)

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4/30/2019

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A SENATE RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE ROSA PALMER ROGERS OF HEMINGWAY ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDRED SECOND BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are delighted to learn that Rosa Palmer Rogers will celebrate her one hundred second birthday on June 9, 2019; and

Whereas, a native of the Knox Swamp community of Georgetown County, Rosa Palmer Rogers was born on June 9, 1917 to the late Morsel Palmer, a farmer and handyman, and the late Mary Coakley Palmer, a farmer and homemaker. She was one of nine children, including the late Allen Palmer, the late James Palmer, the late Annie Palmer Jenerette, the late Essie Palmer Mention, the late Lawrence Palmer, the late John Palmer, the late Joseph Palmer, the late Elise Palmer Wright, and Florence Palmer Moyd; and

Whereas, in her working days, Mrs. Rogers was a farmer and did domestic work, and she was an outstanding homemaker and cook; and

Whereas, she was married to Lucius Rogers, a custodian and electrician, and together, they lived in the Pleasant Hill and Deep Creek areas of Georgetown County. She has had five children, the late James Williams Rogers, the late Jessie Mae Rogers Patterson, Louis Rogers, the late Jay Floyd Rogers, and the late Michael Lee Rogers; one stepson, the late Nathaniel Rogers; and many grandchildren; and

Whereas, the Senate is proud to honor this daughter of South Carolina at the celebration of her one hundred second birthday, and the members join with her family and friends in congratulating her on reaching this important life milestone. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Rosa Palmer Rogers of Hemingway on the occasion of her one hundred second birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and much happiness in the days ahead.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Rosa Palmer Rogers.

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