Jack Merritt Edwards

2025-2026 Bill 1145: Jack Merritt Edwards - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 1145
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Sabb
Document Path: SR-0652KM-AMB26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on April 23, 2026
Adopted by the Senate on April 23, 2026
Summary: Jack Merritt Edwards
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

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4/23/2026

Senate

Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 4
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/23/2026

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Jack Merritt Edwards ON THE OCCASION
OF HIS one hundredth BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HIM A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND
MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

W
hereas, the members of
the South Carolina Senate are pleased to learn that Jack Merritt Edwards celebrated
this important milestone on April 11, 2026; and

W
hereas, a native of Sumter,
Mr. Edwards was born on April 11, 1926, to parents James Merritt and Georgia
Anna Edwards. He is a 1944 graduate of Kingstree High School and an alumnus of The
Citadel; and

W
hereas, a veteran of
the United States Navy, Mr. Edwards began his service as a Radioman First Class
in the Pacific Theater in 1944 and served for one year in Kobe, Japan after the
Japanese surrender in 1945; and

W
hereas, after his
military service and graduation from the Citadel, Mr. Edwards began his career
in real estate. He owned Edwards Insurance and Real Estate, retiring at the age
of eighty-one; and

W
hereas, a civic
leader, Mr. Edwards has served with many community organizations, including the
Kingstree Town Council, the Williamsburg County School Board, Kingstree Kiwanis
and Rotary Clubs as past president, Rotary International as a Paul Harris
Fellow, and the South Carolina Independent Insurance Agents Association as past
president. Additionally, he served on the Board of Visitors of Francis Marion
University, The Exchange Bank of South Carolina Board, and First Citizens Bank
of South Carolina Board; and

W
hereas, a devout
Christian, he is a lifelong member of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, where
he served as an elder, choir member, and Sunday school teacher; and

W
hereas, Mr. Edwards was
married to the late Julia Puckett Edwards, and together, they had two children;
and

W
hereas, the South
Carolina Senate takes great pleasure in honoring this son of South Carolina at
the celebration of his one hundredth birthday and is pleased to join with his
family and friends in congratulating him. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
congratulate Jack Merritt Edwards on the occasion of his hundredth birthday and
wish him a joyous birthday celebration and much happiness in the days ahead.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Jack Merritt Edwards.

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