South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006
H. 3122
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Govan
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3004dw05.doc
Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2005
Last Amended on May 18, 2005
Adopted by the General Assembly on May 25, 2005
Summary: James E. Sulton, Sr.
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/8/2004 House Prefiled
12/8/2004 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
1/11/2005 House Introduced HJ148
1/11/2005 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions HJ148
1/12/2005 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions HJ71
1/13/2005 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ128
1/13/2005 Senate Introduced SJ28
1/13/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ28
5/4/2005 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ11
5/5/2005 Scrivener's error corrected
5/18/2005 Senate Referred to delegation from Orangeburg SJ49
5/18/2005 Senate Recalled from delegation Orangeburg SJ49
5/18/2005 Senate Amended and adopted SJ49
5/18/2005 Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ49
5/25/2005 House Concurred in amendment HJ301
VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/8/2004
1/12/2005
5/4/2005
5/5/2005
5/18/2005
COMMITTED, RECALLED, AMENDED, AND ADOPTED
May 18, 2005
H.3122
Introduced by Rep. Govan
S. Printed 5/185--S.
Read the first time January 13, 2005.
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME A PORTION OF RUSSELL STREET IN ORANGEBURG FOR JAMES E. SULTON, SR. AND INSTALL APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS INDICATING THIS DESIGNATION IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF MR. SULTON’S SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITHIN HIS COMMUNITY.
Amend Title To Conform
Whereas, born in 1923 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, James E. Sulton, Sr., grew up with his five brothers and sisters in the home his parents kept on the city’s main artery, Russell Street; and
Whereas, leaving Orangeburg briefly to attend college in Atlanta and to serve our nation in the theater during World War II, Mr. Sulton has always returned to Orangeburg, bringing with him his bride, the former Ruby Clowers, to settle down and raise a family; and
Whereas, a descendant of the oldest sawmill in the South, J. J. Sulton & Sons, Mr. Sulton has long had roots in Orangeburg, and he worked at the mill alongside his brothers and cousins learning the value and meaning of a hard day’s work; and
Whereas, establishing Sulton’s Esso on the corner of Russell and Buckley Streets, Mr. Sulton and his brother, Leroy, delivered exceptional quality gasoline for Exxon Oil Company for more than twentyfive years; and
Whereas, in addition to establishing the gas station, Mr. Sulton and his brother also established the Sulton Fuel Oil Company which provided a basic energy source for many citizens needing heat in the winter; and
Whereas, in addition to his business ventures, Mr. Sulton also worked with the local branch of the NAACP in the equal rights movement, housed the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when he came to speak to Trinity Methodist Church in Orangeburg, and traveled to the 1963 March on Washington to fight for integration; and
Whereas, an original board member of the local Habitat for Humanity, Mr. Sulton also helped establish the headquarters for the Association of Retarded Citizens in Orangeburg, a facility that is still in existence today; and
Whereas, instrumental in the restoration of Orangeburg Cemetery under the leadership of Mrs. Geraldine Zimmerman, Mr. James E. Sulton, Sr., has been an enormous presence in Orangeburg throughout his entire life and it is appropriate to recognize him in this manner; and
Whereas, it is a fitting tribute to name that portion of Russell Street (South Carolina Highway 33) from where it intersects with U.S. Highway 21 Bypass, U.S. 178, to where it intersects with U.S. Highway 21 Business, U.S. 601 (Magnolia Street), the “James E. Sulton, Sr., Highway”. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly request the Department of Transportation to name a portion of Russell Street in Orangeburg for James E. Sulton, Sr., and install appropriate markers or signs indicating this designation in honor and recognition of Mr. Sulton’s service and commitment to working within his community.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Department of Transportation.
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