Joseph Marion Corbett

2025-2026 Bill 1023: Joseph Marion Corbett - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Ott and Hutto
Document Path: SR-0586KM-AMB26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on March 17, 2026
Summary: Joseph Marion Corbett
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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3/17/2026

Senate

Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 11
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/17/2026

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS PROFOUND SORROW UPON THE PASSING OF Joseph
Marion Corbett AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY
FRIENDS.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina Senate were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Joseph
Marion Corbett on March 15, 2026; and

W
hereas, a native of Orangeburg,
Mr. Corbett was born on November 15, 1953, to parents Francis Fay (Tally)
Corbett and Ophelia Tyler Corbett; and

W
hereas, Mr. Corbett began
his career as a firefighter with the Neeses Volunteer Fire Department and
continued to serve for over thirty-five years in various capacities. He enjoyed
helping with fundraisers to generate funding for the fire department, such as
fried chicken suppers and the Neeses Mushroom Festival, serving as parade
chairman from 1983-1991. He served during the transition from the fire contract
system to a Countywide Fire Service system. This transition resulted in Neeses
obtaining a new fire station, a new fire truck, and updated firefighting
equipment; and

W
hereas, Mr. Corbett volunteered
his time and energy as a member of the Neeses Adopt-A-Highway Group that has
won several awards for their litter-collecting efforts. For over thirty-five
years, he served as a member of the Town of Neeses Cemetery Committee and as a commissioner
of the town's Zoning Board of Appeals. He also served as a member of the
Orangeburg County Fire Board; and

W
hereas, Mr. Corbett was
first elected to Neeses Town Council in 1987 and was elected as mayor of Neeses
on April 4, 1989. He faithfully served as a councilmember or as mayor until
2022. During his time as an elected official, he was instrumental in the
construction of the town hall and fire station on 2021 Silver Springs Road and
the establishment of an Orangeburg County EMS sub-station at 2017 Silver
Springs Road; and

W
hereas, when voters
approved of Orangeburg County's One Cent Sales Tax, Mr. Corbett served as
project overseer of a new, spacious town hall that held a ribbon-cutting
ceremony in 2004; and

W
hereas, in his free
time, he enjoyed being "G-Daddy" to his four grandchildren and cheering on the
South Carolina Gamecocks as a forty-six-year "Forever to Thee" Gamecock Club
member; and

W
hereas, Mr. Corbett
was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ronald Tyler and Roy
Corbett; and niece, Caroline Bartsch; and

W
hereas, Mr. Corbett leaves
to cherish his memory his two daughters, Kara (Joseph) Brurok and Laura
Katherine Corbett; grandchildren, Madison Free, Ellis Brurok, Sidney Free, and
Hank Brurok; sister, Delanie (Keith) Bartsch; and nieces and nephews, Greg
Fogle, Ron Tyler, Jason Corbett, and Viktoria Ford. He will be greatly missed. Now,
therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
express profound sorrow upon the passing of Joseph Marion Corbett 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 of Joseph Marion
Corbett.

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