Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4440 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Coker, Elizabeth Boatwright Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940113 Computer Document Number:BBM/10733JM.94 Introduced Date:19940112 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940113 Last History Type:Received from Senate Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Kirsh Baker Wofford Thomas Klauber P. Harris Riser Neal Corning Keyserling Wilkes Quinn Holt G. Brown Sharpe Haskins Whipper Robinson Neilson Davenport McLeod Cobb-Hunter M.O. Alexander Farr Jaskwhich Stille Wells Littlejohn Huff G. Bailey Moody-Lawrence Canty Lanford Vaughn D. Smith Law Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
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4440 House 19940113 Received from Senate
4440 Senate 19940113 Introduced, adopted, returned
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4440 House 19940112 Introduced, adopted, sent to
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EXPRESSING THE SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT COKER, AND EXTENDING SYMPATHY TO HER FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
Whereas, Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, known as "South Carolina's First Lady of Letters", died September 1, 1993, at the age of eighty-five; and
Whereas, Mrs. Coker was a native of Darlington County and was an outstanding novelist, having written nine novels, the last one being The Grasshopper King (1981); and
Whereas, she taught creative writing at a number of institutions of higher education, including Converse College, Appalachian State University, and Coker College, was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 1991 in Charleston, and possessed an exuberance for living that was truly infectious; and
Whereas, the death of this outstanding, remarkable lady is a great loss for the State of South Carolina, but her gifts as a writer will constitute an everlasting legacy to the people of her native state as well as to countless others. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, expresses sorrow at the death of Elizabeth Boatwright Coker and extends sympathy to her family and many friends.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Coker's family.