H 5519

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 5519
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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Recalled
April 28, 2026
H. 5519
Introduced
by Reps. C. Mitchell, G. M. Smith and Yow
S. Printed 4/28/26--S.
Read the first time April 21, 2026
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A concurrent RESOLUTION
To request the Department of Transportation
name the portion of Highway Church Road between Stephen Campbell Road and Larry
Jeffers Road in the Town of Elgin in Kershaw County "Jeannie Rose Potter Road"
and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.
Whereas, a
faithful government servant, Jeannie Rose Potter dedicated thirty-five years of
her working career to the State of South Carolina demonstrating compassion in
diligent service to so many elected officials, organizations, and communities;
and
Whereas, Mrs.
Potter served fourteen years in the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department as
secretary to then Sheriff Hector DeBruhl; and
Whereas, she
began her thirty-five year career with the State as executive secretary in the
South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee, serving under three successive
committee chairmen - William Boan, Henry Brown, and Robert Harrell Jr.; and
Whereas, in
2005, she became the executive assistant to Speaker of the House of
Representatives Robert Harrell Jr. and served continuously in that position for
House Speakers Jay Lucas and G. Murrell Smith, until she retired in 2024; and
Whereas, most
importantly, she was the loving and devoted wife to Kershaw County Deputy
Sheriff Ernest Christian Potter III, who was tragically killed in the line of
duty in 1974. High school sweethearts, the couple was married in July 1972.
Their only child, Ernest Christian "Little Chris" Potter IV was born six months
after his father was killed. Jeannie raised "Little Chris" as a single mother,
receiving support from family, friends, and the law enforcement community while
maintaining a life of service; and
Whereas, her
community involvement knew no boundaries. Mrs. Potter served twenty years as a
volunteer girls basketball coach for the Kershaw County Recreation Department.
She also was a faithful volunteer for the Elgin Catfish Stomp parade for many
years led by then Elgin Mayor Don Watson Jr.; and
Whereas, grateful
for her accomplishments and many years of service to the State of South
Carolina, it is only fitting and proper that Jeannie Rose Potter is remembered
with a portion of road in her beloved Town of Elgin named in her 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 Highway Church Road between
Stephen Campbell Road and Larry Jeffers Road in the Town of Elgin in Kershaw
County "Jeannie Rose Potter Road" and erect appropriate signs or markers at
this location containing these words.
Be it further
resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of
Transportation.
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