South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 553

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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Fanning
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24107sa19.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2019
Introduced in the House on February 27, 2019
Adopted by the General Assembly on February 27, 2019

Summary: Patricia Wilmore Hampton

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/26/2019  Senate  Introduced, adopted, sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/27/2019  House   Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence 
                        (House Journal-page 59)
    3/8/2019          Scrivener's error corrected

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2/26/2019

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPON THE PASSING OF PATRICIA WILMORE HAMPTON OF CHESTER COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER LOVING FAMILY AND HER MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly were saddened to learn of the death of Patricia Wilmore Hampton at the age of sixty-one on February 18, 2019; and

Whereas, born in Chester County on April 2, 1957, she was the daughter of Martha Wright Wilmore and the late Deacon Earnest Wilmore; and

Whereas, Mrs. Hampton began her career as an educator teaching special education in August 1979, and retired after thirty-five years in May 2014, having devoted her entire career to teaching in Chester; and

Whereas, continuing to serve her chosen profession, she joined the Chester County School District's Board of Trustees in 2017, and upon her passing she was still serving as an active board member and vice chair of the board; and

Whereas, she faithfully attended Union Baptist Church where she served on the praise team and missionary ministry, as church secretary, and as a Sunday school teacher. Later she attended Upper Hope Station Missionary Baptist Church; and

Whereas, the proud mother of three fine sons, Mrs. Hampton was a member of the Derresha Shar'Daye Rhinehart Scholarship Selection Committee, and recently she served as a board member for Campus Connection Bible Center Teaching, Inc.; and

Whereas, she had been a member of the NAACP, where she served as secretary and as the first secretary for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration Committee. She was a member of the Ida Massey Federated Club of Chester and had the distinction of being one of the original members and former president of Chester High School Band Booster Club; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly deeply appreciate the life and legacy of Patricia Hampton and honor her remarkable commitment to educating the youth of Chester County. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Patricia Wilmore Hampton of Chester County and extend their deepest sympathy to her loving family and her many friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Patricia Wilmore Hampton.

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