Detective William Singleton Memorial Highway

2025-2026 Bill 5191: Detective William Singleton Memorial Highway - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5191
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile
Document Path: LC-0306CM-GT26.docx
Introduced in the House on February 17, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Detective William Singleton Memorial Highway
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/17/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 8
)

2/17/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 8
)

3/4/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 82
)

3/5/2026

House

Adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 16
)

3/9/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

3/10/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 16
)

3/10/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 16
)

5/12/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 6
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/17/2026
03/04/2026
03/09/2026
05/12/2026

Recalled

May 12, 2026

H. 5191

Introduced
by Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile

S. Printed 5/12/26--S.

Read the first time March 10, 2026

________

A concurrent RESOLUTION

To request the Department of Transportation
name a portion of Black Street in the City of Rock Hill in York County, from
Albright Road to Orange Street, "Detective William A. Singleton Memorial
Street" and erect appropriate signs or markers at this location containing
these words.

W
hereas, born
January 13, 1924, in Charleston, William Alphonso Singleton was the son of John
E. Singleton, a machine shop worker, and Eloise Singleton, a domestic worker.
By 1940, the family, which included two brothers and a sister, moved to Rock
Hill where his father worked for the railroad; and

W
hereas, William
was attending high school when he registered for the draft in 1942. He enlisted
in the United States Army in 1943 and served for the duration of World War II.
He joined the Rock Hill Police Department around 1956; and

W
hereas, Officer
Singleton was wounded during a shooting in 1968 during an exchange of gunfire
with a suspect at a shopping center. He was placed on administrative suspension
during the investigation and ultimately acquitted. The suspect was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon; and

W
hereas, later
in 1968 Officer Singleton was promoted to detective. On November 9 of that
year, Detective Singleton was answering a call on Black Street when he was
approached by Lorena Rhinehart. She told Detective Singleton that a man named
James Charles Jeter had threatened to kill her. Moments later, Jeter exited the
building, pulled out a .22 caliber pistol as he approached the two, and started
shooting. Unable to draw his own revolver, Detective Singleton tried to shield
Rhinehart from the gunfire; and

W
hereas,
Detective Singleton's heroic actions saved Rhinehart's life but cost him his
own. He had received fatal head wounds and was pronounced dead later that night
at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Only 44 years old, Detective Singleton was
survived by his wife Bettye Dunlap Singleton, sons William II and Wyatt, and
daughters, Beverly and Barbara. He was laid to rest in Barber Memorial
Cemetery. Detective William A. Singleton was inducted into the South Carolina
Law Enforcement Hall of Fame in 1980; and

W
hereas, it is
only fitting and proper that Detective William A. Singleton, a dedicated member
of the Rock Hill Police Department who gave his life in the line of duty, is
honored with a street in Rock Hill named in his memory. Now, therefore,

B
e 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 a portion of Black Street, in the City of
Rock Hill in York County, from Albright Road to Orange Street "Detective
William A. Singleton Memorial Street" and erect 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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