H 4086

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 4086
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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Recalled
May 6, 2026
H. 4086
Introduced
by Rep. Hager
S. Printed 5/6/26--S.
Read the first time March 4, 2025
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A concurrent RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE
PORTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 321 IN HAMPTON COUNTY FROM ITS INTERSECTION
WITH SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 363 TO THE HAMPTON-ALLENDALE COUNTY LINE THE
"HONORABLE JAMES RISHER SR. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR
SIGNS ALONG THIS PORTION OF HIGHWAY CONTAINING THESE WORDS.
Whereas, born November
5, 1932, in Hampton County, the Honorable James Risher Sr. was the son of the
late Mr. Evans and Mrs. Rosa Lee McKay Risher. He married his beloved wife,
Mary Ann Gooding, in 1954, and together they reared four sons and one daughter.
Their children blessed them with adoring grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He departed his earthly life on November 28, 2020; and
Whereas, baptized at an
early age at St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church, he served as a class
leader, a member of the church steward board, the superintendent for church
school, the church treasurer, and the lay president for the Beaufort District;
and
Whereas, Mr. James
Risher became mayor of Gifford four years after it was incorporated in 1972,
and under his thirty-seven year tenure as mayor, the town built and implemented
a water and sewer system, created a fire department, built a fire station,
acquired three fire trucks, obtained use of the "Hanna House" and a grant to
restore the building, obtained a grant to purchase a truck, tractor, and police
cruiser, purchased an emergency generator for water and sewer, and obtained
street lights and Christmas lights; and
Whereas, Mayor Risher
also promoted and expanded the Sixth of June festival, or "Junefest," which had
its origins in a daylong festival known as "Family Day Picnic" that was
established in 1896 by the deacons and a pastor of Long Branch Baptist Church
to give thanks for a successful agricultural planting season; and
Whereas, Junefest also
commemorates the day that many believe news of the Emancipation Proclamation
first reached the citizens of Gifford; and
Whereas, he served his
community and State as a councilman for the Town of Gifford for eight years, a
board member for Hampton School District Two for twelve years, president of the
Hampton County NAACP for ten years, treasurer for the South Carolina Council of
Black Mayors for ten years, and a board member for the National Black Mayors
for twelve years; and
Whereas, he retired from
Savannah River Plant after forty-two years of service and was a member of Free
Masons Gifford Lodge #359; and
Whereas, it would be
fitting and proper to recognize the many accomplishments of this great son of
South Carolina by having a portion of highway in Hampton County named in his
honor. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the South
Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request
the Department of Transportation name the portion of United States Highway 321
in Hampton County from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 363 to the
Hampton-Allendale County line the "Honorable James Risher Sr. Memorial Highway"
and erect appropriate markers or signs along this portion of highway containing
these words.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
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