2023-2024 Bill 3629: Blanche Stoudenmire, 100th birthday

House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Ott, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Carter, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Connell, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Hyde, Jefferson, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, S. Jones, W. Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Leber, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Moore, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, O'Neal, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pendarvis, Pope, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Schuessler, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Tedder, Thayer, Thigpen, Trantham, Vaughan, Weeks, West, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on January 12, 2023
Adopted by the House on January 12, 2023

Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number
1/12/2023	House	Introduced and adopted (House Journal-page 304)

A house RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE BLANCHE WILSON FELKEL STOUDENMIRE OF CALHOUN COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

Whereas, on February 13, 2023, Blanche Wilson Felkel Stoudenmire of Calhoun County will awaken to the celebration of a milestone event: her one hundredth birthday; and

Whereas, upon entering this world on February 13, 1923, Blanche became one of eight children born to David Artemis Felkel, Sr., and Wilhelmina Ziegler Felkel of Midway, South Carolina; and

Whereas, Blanche, who graduated from Elloree High School on May 25, 1940, continued her education at comptometer school and became a comptometer operator. She operated comptometers (now superseded by electronic calculators and computers) for the South Carolina Power Company in Charleston until 1950; and

Whereas, this seventy-two-year resident of Lone Star in Calhoun County also has served her God as a member of Pine Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church for seventy-two years; and

Whereas, on July 17, 1949, Blanche married David Parler Stoudenmire at Elloree's Santee Baptist Church. The Lord blessed their union with a fine family of three children, Gwendolyn Stoudenmire Shuler, John David Stoudenmire, and Dennis Carnegie Stoudenmire. Over the years, three grandchildren have been added to the family, Nicole Elizabeth Shuler Sheffield, Candice Jill Shuler McGriff, and Jeremy Daniel Stoudenmire. Further blessing has ensued with the arrival of five great- grandchildren, Brian Howard Sheffield, Mason Irvin McGriff, Ruth Margaret Sheffield, John Parler McGriff, and Anna Ward McGriff; and

Whereas, today, Blanche enjoys several hobbies, including gardening, watching TV, and doing word searches; and

Whereas, it is a great pleasure to honor this daughter of South Carolina at the celebration of her one hundredth birthday and to join with her family and friends in congratulating her on reaching this important life milestone. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Blanche Wilson Felkel Stoudenmire of Calhoun County on the occasion of her one hundredth birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and much happiness in the days ahead.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Blanche Wilson Felkel Stoudenmire.

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