Lewis Boone Memorial Intersection

2025-2026 Bill 729: Lewis Boone Memorial Intersection - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 729
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Graham
Document Path: SMIN-0013KR-KR26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026
Introduced in the House on March 26, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 16, 2026
Summary: Lewis Boone Memorial Intersection
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

12/10/2025

Senate

Prefiled

12/10/2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation

1/13/2026

Senate

Introduced and read first time (
Senate Journal-page 34
)

1/13/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Transportation
(
Senate Journal-page 34
)

3/24/2026

Senate

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

3/25/2026

Senate

Adopted, sent to House (
Senate Journal-page 45
)

3/26/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 18
)

3/26/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 18
)

4/15/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Invitations and Memorial Resolutions
(
House Journal-page 37
)

4/16/2026

House

Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence (
House Journal-page 26
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
12/10/2025
03/24/2026
04/15/2026

Committee Report

April 15, 2026

S. 729

Introduced
by Senator Graham

S. Printed 4/15/26--H.

Read the first time March 26, 2026

________

The committee on House Invitations
and Memorial Resolutions

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S.
729) to request that the Department of Transportation name the intersection
located at the junction of South Carolina Highway 34 and Mcgee Town Road in Lee
County "Lewis, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

DENNIS MOSS for Committee.

_______

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NAME THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 34 AND
MCGEE TOWN ROAD IN LEE COUNTY "LEWIS W. BOONE MEMORIAL INTERSECTION" AND ERECT
APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THE DESIGNATION.

W
hereas, a native of
Lee County, Lewis W. Boone was born on March 9, 1897. A veteran of the United
States Army, he served as a private first class and a member of Company M,
118th Infantry, 30th Division of the Army. He served his country with honor and
distinction during World War I from June 26, 1915, to April 10, 1919; and

W
hereas, on October 11,
1918, while on duty as a runner in Vaux-Andigny, France, Private First Class
Boone carried an important message through an artillery and machine gun barrage
to battalion headquarters. He was wounded as he started back through the
barrage to rejoin his company at the front lines; and

W
hereas, Private First
Class Boone was bestowed the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart
for his extraordinary bravery and devotion to duty. He also was engaged in
campaigns at St. Martin and Seville; and

W
hereas, Private First
Class Boone passed away on October 28, 1956, and is buried in Cedar Creek
Cemetery in Bishopville. He will be greatly missed; and

W
hereas, it would be
only fitting and proper to commemorate the heroics of this brave son of South
Carolina by naming an intersection in the State 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 intersection located at the junction of South
Carolina Highway 34 and McGee Town Road in Lee County "Lewis W. Boone Memorial
Intersection" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this location
containing the designation.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation
and presented to the family of Lewis W. Boone.

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