Dr. Everett L. Dargan, sympathy

2025-2026 Bill 4849: Dr. Everett L. Dargan, sympathy - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4849
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, 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, 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: Dr. Everett L. Dargan, sympathy
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/14/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 48
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01/14/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE DR. EVERETT
LLOYD DARGAN AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

W
hereas, the South
Carolina House of Representatives was deeply saddened to learn of the passing
of Dr. Everett Lloyd Dargan, a native of South Carolina, on April 1, 2025, at
the venerable age of ninety-five. Dr. Dargan led an inspiring life of
remarkable achievement and grace as a scholar, surgeon, sportsman, gentleman,
public servant, husband, father, mentor, and friend to many; and

W
hereas, born on July
30, 1929, in Columbia to Annie and Thomas Dargan Sr., Everett was the third son
in a loving family of six. His older brothers, Thomas Jr. and Julian, were his
heroes. Like their parents, the boys and their beloved sister, Goldia, were
raised in an era of extraordinary hardship, which instilled in them a
foundation of faith, an ethic of hard work and service to others, and a deep
commitment to education. The Dargans were devoted members of Zion Baptist
Church, where Dr. Dargan eventually served as a trustee; and

W
hereas, at age
fifteen, sponsored by a scholarship, the young Everett entered Atlanta's
Morehouse College. He transferred to the University of Buffalo in New York,
where he earned a bachelor's degree in biology with honors, followed by
admission to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. There,
he received his Doctor of Medicine with high honors in 1953. He trained in
general surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, becoming chief resident
of the surgical program. Interrupting his residency to serve in the U.S. Air
Force during the Korean War, he rose to the rank of captain and commander of
the USAF Hospital at RAF Base Mildenhall and RAF Base Lakenheath in the UK.
Following his service, he became associate professor of surgery at Einstein;
and

W
hereas, Dr. Dargan
returned to Columbia in 1961 to practice and to assist with his mother's cancer
treatment. Back in New York in 1964, Dr. Dargan, by then an attending surgeon
at Lincoln Hospital, met Carol Poyner. The two married in 1965 and later moved
to Boston, where Dr. Dargan completed his surgical specialization and board
certifications in thoracic surgery and vascular surgery at Boston University
Medical Center. Returning to New York, he became director of surgery at Lincoln
and later at Sydenham Hospital, where he also advocated for indigent patient
care and quality medical care for veterans. In addition, he practiced surgery
at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, following a fellowship in special surgeries
of the hand; and

W
hereas, in 1978, Dr.
Dargan returned to Columbia for the remainder of his career, first serving in
private medical practice. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the University of
South Carolina (USC) as an associate clinical professor of surgery, serving until
his retirement in 2004. He remained dedicated to serving his fellow veterans.
Dr. Dargan was also a founding member of Physicians' Health Plan of South
Carolina, a network of providers committed to serving Medicaid recipients; and

W
hereas, further,
Everett Dargan was the first African American surgeon to serve as chief of
surgery and then chief of staff at Richland Memorial Hospital. A lifelong
scholar, he was honored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 1996
for his distinguished career of leadership in medicine. He continued training
fellow surgeons, presenting research findings, and delivering papers at medical
conferences in Africa and throughout the United States. After retirement, he
worked for the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners for nearly a decade;
and

W
hereas, in 2005, the
USC School of Medicine established a scholarship in Dr. Dargan's name to
support the education of physicians committed to practicing in underserved
communities. Also in 2005, he received the Order of the Palmetto, the State of
South Carolina's highest civilian honor. In 2021, he was named one of USC's
inaugural Luminary Leaders in Medicine and Science; and

W
hereas, Dr. Dargan
leaves to cherish his memory his loving family and a host of patients and
friends. He will be greatly missed. 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, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of South
Carolina native Dr. Everett Lloyd Dargan and extend the deepest sympathy to his
family and many friends.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family.

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