S*495 Session 110 (1993-1994)
S*0495 Resolution, By Jackson
A Senate Resolution expressing the congratulations of the members of the
Senate to L. Banks Wannamaker, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County, on the
occasion of his one hundredth birthday.
03/03/93 Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-7
A SENATE RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE TO L. BANKS WANNAMAKER, SR., OF ST.
MATTHEWS IN CALHOUN COUNTY, ON THE OCCASION OF
HIS ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
Whereas, the members of the Senate note with delight and satisfaction
that March 3, 1993, marks the one hundredth birthday of Mr. L. Banks
Wannamaker, Sr., of St. Matthews in Calhoun County; and
Whereas, Mr. Wannamaker is a lifelong resident of Calhoun County,
having attended the public schools in St. Matthews and gone on to
further education at Wofford College and the University of South
Carolina; and
Whereas, he has for sixty-two years served as a deacon and elder in the
St. Matthews Presbyterian Church; and
Whereas, prior to World War I, he served as an enlisted man in the
United States Army during the Mexican Border Conflict with Poncho
Villa and also served as a naval ensign during World War I in charge of
the naval unit at Clemson College; and
Whereas, during World War II he served his country once again by
undertaking the difficult and thankless task of administering gasoline
and food rationing in Calhoun County; and
Whereas, he has been an active seedsman and farmer for sixty years,
having built and operated two cotton gins and founded the L. B.
Wannamaker Seed Company in 1935; and
Whereas, his colleagues have honored him and recognized his ability by
naming him President of the South Carolina Seedsmen Association in
1963 and Honorary Seedsman in 1971; and
Whereas, in service to his state he served on the South Carolina
Highway Commission beginning in 1944 and has been a loyal backer of
the University of South Carolina for eighty years as an original member
of the Gamecock Club and Century Club; and
Whereas, in his long life he has enjoyed especially golf and
thoroughbred horseracing, having taken up racing after his retirement in
1970 and purchasing horses which have raced successfully on many
occasions; and
Whereas, he married Mary Jordan Henderson of Monticello, Georgia,
and has one son, Luther Banks Wannamaker, Jr., three grandchildren,
and four great grandchildren; and
Whereas, it is appropriate for the members of the Senate to pause in their
deliberations so they might note this milestone in the life of so
distinguished a son of South Carolina. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the Senate express congratulations to L. Banks
Wannamaker, Sr., on the occasion of his one hundredth birthday.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr.
L. Banks Wannamaker, Sr..
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