Anthony Harris sympathy

2025-2026 Bill 5429: Anthony Harris sympathy - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5429
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, 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, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
Document Path: LC-0357HA-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2026
Adopted by the House on March 26, 2026
Summary: Anthony Harris sympathy
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

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3/26/2026

House

Introduced and adopted (
House Journal-page 12
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/26/2026

A
house
RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE
PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
UPON THE PASSING OF DR. ANTHONY "TONY" E. HARRIS OF AIKEN COUNTY AND TO EXTEND
THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death
of Dr. Anthony "Tony" E. Harris at the age of eighty-one on May 29, 2025; and

W
hereas, born in Columbus,
Ohio on June 1, 1943, he was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Edwin
Harris. He was reared in Rochester, Minnesota, where his father was a
pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic, and it was his father's example that inspired Dr.
Harris to become a physician; and

W
hereas, he enjoyed his
childhood fishing and canoeing on the lakes of Minnesota, pheasant shooting in
South Dakota, and playing football, basketball, ice hockey, and golf in high
school. He shared his loving home with three siblings, Cynthia Harris Waymouth,
Winston Mayhew, and the late Geoffrey Scott Harris; and

W
hereas, Dr. Harris
graduated from Denison University in 1965 where he was a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity and earned a medical degree from Bowman Gray School of
Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1969. In that same year, he met his wife-to-be,
Sandy Mayhew, whom he married on July 11, 1970; and

W
hereas, after serving
his country with distinction as a doctor in the United States Airforce,
completing his ENT residency program, and teaching academic medicine at the
Medical College of Virginia and Johns Hopkins, Dr. Harris settled into private
practice in South Carolina and in 1990 made Aiken his permanent home; and

W
hereas, dedicated to
his neighbors and his community, Dr. Harris enjoyed being a member of Aiken
Rotary and Palmetto Golf Club, riding his Harley Davidson, and creating model
railroads; and

W
hereas, an active and
faithful member of All Saints Anglican Church, he sang in the choir and was a
member of the Order of the Knights Templar. He loved traveling to Europe with his
wife and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, most
often on beach vacations and holidays in England. His life's purpose, above all,
was taking care of his patients, which he did to the very end. He lived a full
life and will be greatly missed; and

W
hereas, together with his
beloved wife, Sandra "Sandy" Mayhew Harris, he reared two fine children,
Elizabeth "Lisa" Harris Schunter (Paul) of Surrey, England, and Michelle Harris
Dennis (Patrick) of Columbia. His children blessed him with the affection of
three loving grandchildren: Abigail Elizabeth Schunter, Andrew Harris Schunter,
and Anna Margaret Dennis; and

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and
legacy of Dr. Anthony "Tony" E. Harris and for the example of service and dedication
he set for all who knew him. 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 Dr.
Anthony "Tony" E. Harris of Aiken County and extend their deepest sympathy to
his large and loving family and his many friends.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dr. Anthony "Tony"
E. Harris.

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