Carol Thomas Memorial Bridge

2025-2026 Bill 1066: Carol Thomas Memorial Bridge - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1066
STATUS INFORMATION
Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Cromer
Document Path: SR-0399KM-VC26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2026
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
Summary: Carol Thomas Memorial Bridge
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

3/26/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 11
)

3/26/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 11
)

3/31/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 4
)

4/1/2026

Senate

Adopted, sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 54
)

4/2/2026

House

Introduced (
House Journal-page 30
)

4/2/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 30
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
03/26/2026
03/31/2026

Recalled

March 31, 2026

S. 1066

Introduced
by Senator Cromer

S. Printed 3/31/26--S.

Read the first time March 26, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NAME THE BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF WHITMIRE THAT CROSSES THE CSX RAILROAD TRACK
ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 72 "CAROL THOMAS MEMORIAL BRIDGE" AND ERECT
APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THE DESIGNATION.

W
hereas, the Honorable
Carol Thomas was born in Newberry County on March 13, 1950, and died on January
23, 2018. He was the son of the late Charles Doward and Anne Mae Robertson
Thomas; and

W
hereas, Mr. Thomas had
a distinguished career as a public servant that included chief of the Whitmire
Fire Department, member of the Newberry County Board of Rural Fire Control,
Mayor Pro Tempore of Whitmire, and member of the Whitmire Town Council; and

W
hereas, Mr. Thomas
also was a successful businessman who worked as market manager of Winn Dixie
for thirty-five years, owned Thomas Grocery and Grill for eleven years, was
store manager of Piggly Wiggly of Whitmire for a number of years, and took
ownership of the store in 2006; and

W
hereas, a devout
Christian, he was a faithful member of Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church;
and

W
hereas, Mr. Thomas is
survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, Betty Thomas, their two sons, and a
host of other relatives and friends; and

W
hereas, it would be
only fitting and proper to pay tribute to this son of South Carolina by naming a
highway facility in the town of Whitmire in his honor. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request that the
Department of Transportation name the bridge in the town of Whitmire that
crosses the CSX Railroad track along South Carolina Highway 72 "Carol Thomas
Memorial Bridge" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this location
containing the designation.

Be
it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the
Department of Transportation and presented to the family of the Honorable Carol
Thomas.

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