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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.5074 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000516 Primary Sponsor:Klauber All Sponsors:Klauber, Carnell and Parks Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\12116ac00.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000530 Subject:Harold Lumley, Sr. Highway named in Greenwood County, Resolutions, Transportation Department, Requests History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000530 Received from Senate Senate 20000530 Adopted, returned with concurrence Senate 20000530 Recalled from Committee 15 ST Senate 20000517 Introduced, referred to Committee 15 ST House 20000517 Adopted, sent to Senate House 20000517 Committee report: Favorable 24 HIMR House 20000516 Introduced, referred to Committee 24 HIMR Versions of This Bill
TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THAT PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 72 FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 702 TO COTHRAN'S BRIDGE AT THE GREENWOOD COUNTY LINE AS THE "HAROLD LUMLEY, SR. HIGHWAY" IN MEMORY OF AN OUTSTANDING AGRICULTURIST AND LEADER IN THE FARMING COMMUNITY, AND TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT TO ERECT APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND MARKERS REFLECTING THIS DESIGNATION.
Whereas, Harold Lumley, Sr., a native son and outstanding agriculturist, was born in Greenwood County July 16, 1894 to Percy and Kate Henderson Lumley; and
Whereas, he attended The Citadel, was a 1915 graduate of Erskine College, and played on the All-State Baseball Team; and
Whereas, Mr. Lumley served with distinction in World War II as an officer in the United States Army; and
Whereas, he was married to Camille Jennings Lumley and together they raised their family and farmed on land purchased by his family in 1850; and
Whereas, during Mr. Lumley's ninety-four years and lifetime of farming he experienced dramatic changes in farming technology but stayed abreast with the changing times and successfully farmed his entire life in his native community; and
Whereas, he began farming in the early 1900's as a cotton farmer and became a dairy farmer in the mid 1930's and a beef and cattle farmer in the mid 1970's; and
Whereas, Mr. Lumley was named the Greenwood Agriculturist of the Year in 1980, and at the age of ninety he received the Agriculture Pioneer Award from the Clemson Extension Service; and
Whereas, Mr. Harold Lumley, Sr. was an outstanding agriculturist who was greatly admired and respected for his contributions to the advancement of agriculture in South Carolina, his generosity to fellow farmers, and his leadership in the farming community. 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 to name that portion of U.S. Highway 72 from its intersection with Highway 702 to Cothran's Bridge at the Greenwood County line as the "Harold Lumley, Sr. Highway", in memory of an outstanding agriculturist and leader in the farming community, and to request the department to erect appropriate signs and markers reflecting this designation.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to The Department of Transportation.
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