Richard A. Shirley Memorial Parkway

2025-2026 Bill 4567: Richard A. Shirley Memorial Parkway - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4567
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Chapman and C. Mitchell
Companion/Similar bill(s): 5016
Document Path: LC-0361CM-GT26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 13, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on February 4, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 25, 2026
Summary: Richard A. Shirley Memorial Parkway
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/16/2025

House

Prefiled

12/16/2025

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions

1/13/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 25
)

1/13/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 25
)

1/29/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 2
)

2/3/2026

House

Adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 21
)

2/4/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 9
)

2/4/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 9
)

3/19/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 3
)

3/25/2026

Senate

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence (
Senate Journal-page 44
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/17/2025
01/29/2026
03/19/2026

Recalled

March 19, 2026

H. 4567

Introduced
by Reps. Chapman and C. Mitchell

S. Printed 3/19/26--S.

Read the first time February 4, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation name a
portion of the East-West Parkway from its intersection with United States
Highway 178 to South Carolina Highway 81 in the City of Anderson in Anderson
County "Richard A. Shirley Memorial Parkway" and place appropriate signs or
markers at this location containing these words.

W
hereas, a lifelong
resident of Anderson, the Honorable Richard A. Shirley served the town's
residents throughout his professional career. Born December 8, 1958, to Fred
Spencer Shirley and Judith Knobel Shirley, Shirley graduated from T.L. Hanna
High School and Presbyterian College; and

W
hereas, Shirley's work
ethic began at an early age working in the family business, Shirley's Auto
Glass and Trim Shop. He then began a thirty-four-year career in banking serving
the citizens of his hometown at C & S National Bank and ending his career
at Arthur State Bank. He was a longtime member of Central Presbyterian Church;
and

W
hereas, the youngest
person ever elected to the Anderson City Council, Shirley served from 1978 to
1998 when he was elected as the city's mayor, a post he held until 2006. In
2010, he was appointed Clerk of Court for Anderson County. Shirley would go on
to win reelection to that post three consecutive times, the most recent being
2020. His care, dedication, and devotion to Anderson shone through with every
position he undertook; and

W
hereas, remembered as
a kind and generous man who always could make you laugh, Shirley passed away on
December 8, 2022, leaving behind his loving and devoted wife, Rachelle Propp
Shirley, their daughter, Judith Marie Shirley, his parents, his sister Pamela,
and other relatives to cherish his memory; and

W
hereas, having devoted
his life to God, his family, and the citizens of Anderson for decades, it is
only fitting and proper that Shirley be remembered with a street in the city he
loved named in his memory. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the House
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of
Transportation name a portion of the East-West Parkway from its intersection
with United States Highway 178 to South Carolina Highway 81 in the City of
Anderson in Anderson County "Richard A. Shirley Memorial Parkway" and place
appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

B
e it further resolved that
a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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