100th Birthday Bruce Cook

2025-2026 Bill 4907: 100th Birthday Bruce Cook - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4907
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. White, 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, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0308VR-JAH26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 14, 2026
Summary: 100th Birthday Bruce Cook
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/14/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 81
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

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RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE
BRUCE COOK OF LEXINGTON COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HIS ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
AND TO WISH HIM MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Bruce
Cook of Lexington County celebrated his one hundredth birthday on September 23,
2025; and

W
hereas, born in
Swansea on September 23, 1925, in the first quarter of the twentieth century,
he has witnessed the many remarkable social changes, technological
advancements, and international developments that have spanned the globe from
that time into the first quarter of the twenty-first century; and

W
hereas, Mr. Cook
married his first wife in 1949, and together they raised two children, Philip
and Peggy. Following her passing, he found love again and married his second
wife in 1983. Today, he continues to lead an active life, spending time with
fellow veterans and teaching Sunday school at Northside Baptist Church; and

W
hereas, he developed a
passion for aviation early in life and aspired to become a pilot while still in
high school. He served his country honorably as a ball turret gunner in the
Army Air Corp, training in Laredo, Texas, and flying thirty-five missions aboard
the B-17 aircraft. He was honorably discharged in 1945, having completed over two
years of active-duty service during World War II; and

W
hereas, in 1963, Mr.
Cook founded Lexington Jewelers in Lexington. After two decades of dedicated
service to the community, he sold the business in 1983. The store remained a
beloved local fixture until it closed in December of 2021 after fifty-eight
years in operation; and

W
hereas, Bruce Cook's
life stands as a testament to resilience, service, and devotion to family and
faith. He continues to inspire all who know him; and

W
hereas, the South
Carolina House of Representatives is honored to recognize this son of South
Carolina at the celebration of his one hundredth birthday and to join with his
family and friends in congratulating him 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 Bruce Cook of Lexington County on the occasion
of his one hundredth birthday and wish him many years of continued health and
happiness.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Bruce Cook.

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