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H. 4468

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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Simrill, Pope, Ligon, Felder, B. Newton and D.C. Moss
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3085cz19.docx

Introduced in the House on April 24, 2019
Adopted by the House on April 24, 2019

Summary: Dr. Cotesworth Pinckney Fishburne IV

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/24/2019  House   Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 14)

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4/24/2019

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF DR. COTESWORTH "COTY" PINCKNEY FISHBURNE IV OF ROCK HILL AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Cotesworth "Coty" Pinckney Fishburne IV of Rock Hill on April 10, 2019, at the venerable age of eighty-one; and

Whereas, born July 20, 1937, in Walterboro, Dr. Fishburne was the son of Beryl Brawley and Cotesworth Pinckney Fishburne III; and

Whereas, after high school, Coty went on to graduate from Wofford College in 1959 and then from the Medical College of Virginia Dental School in 1963; and

Whereas, after serving as a Captain in the Army for two years, Dr. Fishburne established his private dental practice in Rock Hill. He continued to serve the York County community for thirty-seven years until he retired in 2002; and

Whereas, following his retirement, Dr. Fishburne continued to contribute to the dental profession through numerous dental inventions, his service to the Medical University of South Carolina's Foundation for Research Development, and by serving on MUSC's Board of Trustees for twenty-five years; and

Whereas, Dr. Fishburne was a musician, a philanthropist, and a an inventor. Reverend Richard Carr remembered him as an endearing man, as someone that loved everyone he met, and as someone who cultivated and cherished his relationships with others; and

Whereas, Dr. Fishburne leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife of thirty-eight years, Shirley Herlong Fishburne; two daughters, Anne Fishburne Hamilton (Will) of Charleston and Mary Fishburne Hayden (Geoffrey) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; two grandchildren, Cotesworth Fishburne Hayden and Anderson Libbey Hayden; one sister, Mary Glenn Givens of Sumter; and a host of other loving relatives and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express profound sorrow upon the passing of Dr. Cotesworth "Coty" Pinckney Fishburne IV of Rock Hill and extend the deepest sympathy to his family and many friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Mrs. Shirley Fishburne.

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