Bill Text: SC H5047 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A. C. Fennell
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 80-44)
Status: (Passed) 2020-01-29 - Introduced and adopted [H5047 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H5047-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF A. C. "BUBBA" FENNELL III OF GREENWOOD COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives was saddened to learn of the death of A. C. "Bubba" Fennell III at the age of sixty-nine on Thursday, December 19, 2019; and
Whereas, born in Columbia on March 10, 1950, he was a son of the late A. C. Fennell, Jr., and Frances DuBose Fennell, and he graduated from Greenwood High School in 1968; and
Whereas, Mr. Fennell earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina in 1972 after which he began an accounting career with Elliott-Davis and later became partner of the Greenwood office; and
Whereas, beginning in 2012, he served on the University of South Carolina's Board of Trustees, and he was a former president of the UofSC National Alumni Association and chairman of the Board of Visitors; and
Whereas, a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Mr. Fennell formerly served as a deacon and on numerous boards of the church, and he was a member of the Bowers Sunday School Class; and
Whereas, devoted to his community, he was a member and past president of the Greenwood Kiwanis Club, served as the chairman of the South Carolina Festival of Flowers in 1984, and served as chairman of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce in 1988; and
Whereas, an avid supporter of the Boy Scouts of America, Mr. Fennell was awarded the National Eagle Scout Association's Outstanding Eagle Scout Award during the Blue Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America Council Banquet in February of 2019. He was also honored with induction into the Greenwood County Hall of Fame in 2016; and
Whereas, together with his beloved wife of forty-four years, Jo Ann Buchanan Fennell, he loved and served the Greenwood community, and his memory will be cherished by his many loving family members, especially his brother, Joseph D. "Joe" Fennell, and his a sister, Patricia F. "Pat" DeYoung, as well as brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and legacy of Bubba Fennell and for the example of service and kindness he set for all who knew 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 their profound sorrow upon the passing of A. C. "Bubba" Fennell III of Greenwood County and extend their deepest sympathy to his loving family and his many friends.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of A. C. "Bubba" Fennell III.
