Bill Text: SC H5426 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honorable Tracie M. Clemons
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-08 - Introduced and adopted [H5426 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H5426-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE HONORABLE TRACIE M. CLEMONS OF ORANGEBURG COUNTY, THE NEWLY INAUGURATED MAYOR OF NORWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO CONGRATULATE HER ON HER ELECTION, AND TO WISH HER MUCH SUCCESS AS SHE BEGINS HER SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF NORWAY.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives were pleased to learn that the Honorable Tracie M. Clemons was inaugurated as the mayor of Norway at a gala in her honor at Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School on March 7, 2020; and
Whereas, replete with the presentation of colors, the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner," and a prayer offered by Pastor James Holiday of Bushy Pond Baptist Church, the gala was a delightful event; and
Whereas, the guest speaker for the occasion was the Honorable Bakari Sellers, Esq., a CNN analyst and former representative for District 90 in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014; and
Whereas, the mayor's Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., presented a warm dedication, and special remarks were offered by the Honorable Lonnie Hosey, Representative of District 91; Orangeburg County Councilman Heyward Livingston; and the Honorable Chief Magistrate Judge Derrick Dash of Orangeburg County; and
Whereas, a native of Norway, Mayor Clemons is the daughter of the late Rosa Mae Clemons and Willie F. Goodwin, and she graduated from Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School in 1994; and
Whereas, she earned a bachelor's degree in health physics at Francis Marion University in Florence and a master's degree in the same field from University of Massachusetts Lowell; and
Whereas, for some twenty years, Mayor Clemons has served in the nuclear industry, affording her opportunities to travel to thirty-six states and live in Ontario, Canada, and she now serves as the senior health physicist with the Health Physics and Radiological Engineering Group at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in Aiken; and
Whereas, a faithful member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the Health Physics Society at Savannah River Site, Mayor Clemons loves to inspire, educate, and motivate individuals to live a sustainably healthy lifestyle through actively maintaining their health and fitness; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to celebrate with the Town of Norway as Tracie Clemons begins her service as the town's mayor, and the members wish her and the town continued and expanding success. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and commend the Honorable Tracie M. Clemons of Orangeburg County, the newly inaugurated mayor of Norway, South Carolina, to congratulate her on her election, and to wish her much success as she begins her service to the Town of Norway.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable Tracie M. Clemons, Mayor of the Town of Norway.
