H 4447

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 4447
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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A house RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Mary Louise "Mary Lou"
Reynolds Lee, beloved second grade teacher at Wilson Hall, UPON THE OCCASION OF
HER RETIREMENT AFTER fifty-SIX YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER
CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
Whereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives have learned that Mary Lou Reynolds
Lee will begin a well-deserved retirement after fifty-six years as a highly
regarded teacher at Wilson Hall; and
Whereas, having grown
up in Pinewood, Mary Lou graduated from Furman High School and earned a
bachelor's degree in 1967 from then all-female Winthrop College, which was
founded as a teachers' college; and
Whereas, she and her
beloved husband, Jimmy Lee, were married on July 26, 1969. Together they reared
two fine sons, Tripp from Sumter and Todd from Mt. Pleasant. Tripp and his
wife, Elizabeth, along with Todd and his wife, Lucy, have blessed them with the
affection of six loving grandchildren; and
Whereas, Mrs. Lee spent
her career as an educator in the Midlands. She taught an estimated one thousand
two hundred children in her career: two years at Wade Hampton Academy in
Orangeburg and fifty-five years at Wilson Hall in Sumter, teaching mostly
second and some third grade classes; and
Whereas, her dedication
as a teacher was honored when she was named Teacher of the Year, as the first recipient
in 2003 of the Margaret West Award, and with the 2005 Nash Award for Teacher
Advancement. March 22, 2020, was designated "Mary Lou Lee Day" in honor of the
anniversary of her fiftieth year of teaching at Wilson Hall; and
Whereas, grateful for
her many years of distinguished service to the education of students at Wilson
Hall, the South Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in
extending best wishes to Mary Lou Lee as she transitions to a richly deserved
retirement and the unhurried pace of the days ahead, and the members wish her
many years of enjoyment in her well-earned retirement. 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 honor Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Reynolds Lee, beloved second grade teacher at
Wilson Hall, upon the occasion of her retirement after fifty-six years of exemplary service, and wish her continued
success and happiness in all her future endeavors.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution
be presented to Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Reynolds Lee.
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