Ellen Simmons 100th Birthday

2025-2026 Bill 4835: Ellen Simmons 100th Birthday - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4835
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Schuessler, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 14, 2026
Summary: Ellen Simmons 100th Birthday
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/14/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 39
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

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RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE
ELLEN CLOTELLA DAVIS SIMMONS ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND
TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Ellen
Clotella Davis Simmons will celebrate her one hundredth birthday on January 18,
2026; and

W
hereas, born on
January 18, 1926, in Marion, South Carolina, she has witnessed many remarkable
social changes, technological advancements, and international developments that
have spanned the globe over the course of her life so far; and

W
hereas, Mrs. Simmons,
as a woman of faith, is a lifetime member of St. John AME Church in Marion,
where she served as choir director for more than forty years; and

W
hereas, she received
her bachelor of science degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical
State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, and her master of arts degree
from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and

W
hereas, Mrs. Simmons
worked in the South Carolina public school system for over forty-four years,
including thirty-four years at the historic Dillon County Training School/Latimer
School; and

W
hereas, as an educator
in the public school system, she worked in the areas of elementary education, general
science, home economics, compensatory reading, and learning disabilities. During
her tenure at Latimer, she sponsored many extracurricular activities, including
the Choralettes Glee Club, the Dance Group, the Cheerleading Group, and the NHA
Club, and she served as assistant principal at Latimer Middle School; and

W
hereas, to honor her
at this very special time in her life, family, friends, former students, and
the town of Latta, in Dillon County, will join with Mrs. Simmons to celebrate
her centennial birthday on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at Latimer School; and

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to honor this daughter
of South Carolina at the celebration of her one hundredth birthday and join in
with her family and friends in congratulating her on reaching this extraordinary
milestone. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, congratulate Ellen Clotella Davis Simmons on the occasion
of her one hundredth birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and
continued health and happiness.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Ellen Clotella Davis Simmons.

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