Bobby Wilder memorial intersection

2025-2026 Bill 4569: Bobby Wilder memorial intersection - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4569
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Edgerton
Document Path: LC-0393CM-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: Bobby Wilder memorial intersection
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
)

3/17/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 7
)

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
03/17/2026

Recalled

March 17, 2026

H. 4569

Introduced
by Rep. Edgerton

S. Printed 3/17/26--S.

Read the first time February 4, 2026

________

A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation name the
intersection of United States Highway 29 at South Blackstock Road in the City
of Spartanburg in Spartanburg County "Bobby E. Wilder Memorial Intersection"
and place appropriate signs or markers at this location containing these words.

W
hereas, born April 24,
1936, to Edgar and Helen Wilder in Spartanburg, Bobby E. Wilder lived a
well-spent life dedicated to his country and community. He graduated from
Fairforest High School in Spartanburg in 1954. While there, he was a member of
the 1953 Spartanburg District 6 State baseball championship team. He served in
the United States Army for four years, attained the rank of E4, was awarded a
medal for good conduct, and honorably discharged August 20, 1960; and

W
hereas, a passionate
supporter of the fire service, Wilder was an EMT with the Westview Fairforest
Fire Department Rescue 3 from 1966 to June 2002. He was appointed as fire
commissioner to the Westview Fairforest Fire Department Commission Board in
July 2002, a position he held until his death on June 25, 2025, at the
venerable age of eight-nine; and

W
hereas, Wilder was the
beloved husband of Elizabeth "Libby" Wilder, his wife of thirty-five years.
They were the parents of a daughter, Mary Wilder, and a son, Jeremy Wilder. The
family grew to include grandchildren Lizzi Strickland, Grace Monaghan, Jayla
Sargent, Riley Fordham, and Hailey Strickland; and

W
hereas, Wilder's
passions were helping others, westerns, and NASCAR. He will be remembered for
his gentle heart, loving spirit, generous nature, and sense of humor; and

W
hereas, it is only
fitting and proper that Bobby E. Wilder, a proud native of the Palmetto State
who dedicated his life to making the world a better place, be honored with an
intersection in the City of Spartanburg named in his memory. Now, therefore,

Be
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 the intersection of United States Highway 29 at South
Blackstock Road in the City of Spartanburg in Spartanburg County "Bobby E.
Wilder Memorial Intersection" 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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