A concurrent RESOLUTION

 

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE PORTION OF SALUDA STREET IN THE CITY OF ROCK HILL IN YORK COUNTY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF JOHNSTON STREET TO ALBRIGHT ROAD "OFFICER ROBERT MORRIS MCFADDEN MEMORIAL STREET" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THESE WORDS.

 

Whereas, Robert Morris McFadden was born on May 12, 1896, in Lewisville, the son of Robert Clark McFadden and Martha Rebecca Ferguson McFadden. He grew up on the family farm with six brothers and two sisters. In 1920, McFadden was working as a weaver in the cotton mill in Rockingham, North Carolina, when he married Carrie Lee McCoy, in Union County, North Carolina; and

 

Whereas, he joined the United States Army on May 2, 1917, and served as a sergeant in the 118th Infantry, 30th Division during World War I. Sergeant McFadden was discharged on March 31, 1919; and

 

Whereas, Robert McFadden joined the Rock Hill Police Department in 1923. He later was assigned as a motorcycle officer; and

 

Whereas, on November 3, 1933, at around 10:30 a.m., responding to a report of an accident on the Chester Highway, Officer McFadden along with two other officers were involved in a fatal automobile accident that took his life; and

 

Whereas, funeral services for Officer Robert M. McFadden were held on November 5, at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. A crowd of thousands including city officials, friends, and law enforcement and military comrades gathered in the cold rain to pay their final respects to the fallen officer. American Legion and National Guard members laid Officer McFadden to rest with full military honors in the Legion Plot of Laurelwood Cemetery. Company I fired three volleys in salute and a bugler sounded Taps to conclude the ceremony. Officer McFadden was survived by his wife, Carrie McCoy McFadden, their son, O'Neal, four brothers and two sisters; and

 

Whereas, Officer Robert M. McFadden was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement

Officers Hall of Fame in 2020, never to be forgotten; and

 

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to name a portion of Saluda Street in the City of Rock Hill in honor of this fallen law enforcement officer. 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 Saluda Street in the City of Rock Hill in York County from the intersection of Johnston Street to Albright Road "Officer Robert M. McFadden Memorial Street" and erect appropriate markers or signs 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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