A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

To request the Department of Transportation name the portion of Highway Church Road between Stephen Campbell Road and Larry Jeffers Road in the Town of Elgin in Kershaw County "Jeannie Rose Potter Road" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

 

Whereas, a faithful government servant, Jeannie Rose Potter dedicated thirty-five years of her working career to the State of South Carolina demonstrating compassion in diligent service to so many elected officials, organizations, and communities; and

 

Whereas, Mrs. Potter served fourteen years in the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department as secretary to then Sheriff Hector DeBruhl; and

 

Whereas, she began her thirty-five year career with the State as executive secretary in the South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee, serving under three successive committee chairmen - William Boan, Henry Brown, and Robert Harrell Jr.; and

 

Whereas, in 2005, she became the executive assistant to Speaker of the House of Representatives Robert Harrell Jr. and served continuously in that position for House Speakers Jay Lucus and G. Murrell Smith, until she retired in 2024; and

 

Whereas, most importantly, she was the loving and devoted wife to Kershaw County Deputy Sheriff Ernest Christian Potter III, who was tragically killed in the line of duty in 1974. High school sweethearts, the couple was married in July 1972. Their only child, Ernest Christian "Little Chris" Potter IV was born six months after his father was killed. Jeannie raised "Little Chris" as a single mother, receiving support from family, friends, and the law enforcement community while maintaining a life of service; and

 

Whereas, her community involvement knew no boundaries. Mrs. Potter served twenty years as a volunteer girls basketball coach for the Kershaw County Recreation Department. She also was a faithful volunteer for the Elgin Catfish Stomp parade for many years led by then Elgin Mayor Don Watson Jr.; and

 

Whereas, grateful for her accomplishments and many years of service to the State of South Carolina, it is only fitting and proper that Jeannie Rose Potter is remembered with a portion of road in her beloved Town of Elgin named in her honor. Now, therefore,

 

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

 

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the portion of Highway Church Road between Stephen Campbell Road and Larry Jeffers Road in the Town of Elgin in Kershaw County "Jeannie Rose Potter Road" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

 

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

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