Viola Greene 90th birthday

2025-2026 Bill 4946: Viola Greene 90th birthday - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4946
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Anderson, Hewitt, Alexander, 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, 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
Document Path: LC-0247HA-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 15, 2026
Adopted by the House on January 15, 2026
Summary: Viola Greene 90th birthday
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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1/15/2026

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Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 11
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/15/2026

A
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RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Viola Holmes Greene OF georgetown
COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER nintieTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

W
hereas, the House of
Representatives is pleased to learn that Viola Holmes Greene will celebrate her
ninetieth birthday on January 17, 2026. Born in Georgetown on January 17, 1936,
she has witnessed the many remarkable social changes, technological
advancements, and international developments spanning the globe from that time
into the twenty-first century; and

W
hereas, she is the youngest
of three children born to the late Reverend Isaiah Holmes and Mrs. Lula Jones
Holmes. Her father passed away when she was very young, but her values and
leadership skills were shaped by her mother, her uncle, and her first cousin
who encouraged her to succeed; and

W
hereas, reared in
Georgetown, Viola attended the legendary and historic Howard High School, where
she credits her teachers for her growth and maturity and where she was taught
that no one could take away what she learned. She was voted president of the
student council in 1953, a first for a female; and

W
hereas, before her
graduation from Howard in 1954, she met the young man who would be her beloved
husband, Private First Class Henry Greene of the United States Army. They
married in 1955 and relocated to New Haven, Connecticut, where Henry's
relatives lived. Together for sixty-six years until his passing in 2022, they
reared a fine son, the late Sheldon Greene, who blessed her with the affection
of four loving grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and

W
hereas, she earned a
bachelor's degree in nursing from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut,
and a license as a practical nurse. She attended the University of New Haven in
West Haven, Connecticut, and earned a master's degree from Webster University
in St. Louis, Missouri; and

W
hereas, a licensed
registered nurse, Mrs. Greene was appointed from Yale University School of
Medicine as a gastroenterologist assistant in the Department of Internal
Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. She earned certification in advanced
occupational nursing from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Public
Health. She supervised the Endoscopy Suite at Yale New Haven Medical Center in
New Haven and served as a preceptor for Yale's First Master's Degree Nursing
Program; and

W
hereas, dedicated to equity
and equality, Mrs. Greene was a member of the National Association of Negro
Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., where she served as vice
president and an executive board member. She was also very active with the
local chapter of the NAACP; and

W
hereas, in 1979, she
returned to Georgetown and became the first African American registered
occupational nurse at the International Paper Company. She served on the
executive boards of the South Carolina Occupational Health and Nursing,
Hospice, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the West End Citizen Council, and
the NAACP. She was a member of the Palmetto Project aimed at improving
relationships between the black and white communities of Georgetown; and

W
hereas, Mrs. Greene became
the president of the Howard Alumni Committee Class of 1954 Reunion, serving
their fiftieth and sixtieth reunions. She served on the Georgetown Democratic
Council, chaired the council voter education and registration drive, and
successfully helped President Barack Obama get elected twice. Devoted to her
church, Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church, she served on the Trustee Council,
Senior Missionary, Nurses Guild, Pastors' Aide, and Mary Aaron Missionary
Auxiliary; 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 ninetieth birthday and join 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 Viola Holmes Greene of Georgetown County on
the occasion of her ninetieth birthday and wish her a joyous birthday
celebration and many years of continued health and happiness.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Viola Holmes Greene.

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