a housewife and encouraged all of her children to complete their education; and Whereas, the fruit of her encouragement is evident in the results: six of her children earned college degrees. The others worked in honorable careers that enabled them to retire. Three of the children have retired from the private sector, three served in and retired from the United States Army, and two are retired educators. The youngest, Margie Bright Matthews, practices law in Walterboro and serves in the South Carolina Senate, the second AfricanAmerican female to do so; and Whereas, Mrs. Bright is a devoted member and the Mother of Isaiah United Methodist Church, and her favorite hobbies always included gardening, canning, and cooking. She still works on quilts each day, making treasured gifts of them on special occasions for her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren; and Whereas, her love of travel has taken her to many parts of the nation, as well as to such destinations as the Bahamas, the French Riviera, and Paris, France; and Whereas, without a license or formal training, Mrs. Bright has been a lifelong teacher of mathematics through her example, not in a school classroom but in her home and community, by adding the values of love and hard work to her life; subtracting a can’tdo attitude from her mind; multiplying these concepts in her home, church, and community; and dividing them among her nine children; and Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to honor this daughter of South Carolina at the celebration of her ninetyfifth birthday, and the members join with her family and friends to salute her on reaching this extraordinary milestone. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Jessierine Davis Bright of Colleton County on the occasion of her ninetyfifth birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and many years of continued happiness.
a housewife and encouraged all of her children to complete their education; and Whereas, the fruit of her encouragement is evident in the results: six of her children earned college degrees. The others worked in honorable careers that enabled them to retire. Three of the children have retired from the private sector, three served in and retired from the United States Army, and two are retired educators. The youngest, Margie Bright Matthews, practices law in Walterboro and serves in the South Carolina Senate, the second AfricanAmerican female to do so; and Whereas, Mrs. Bright is a devoted member and the Mother of Isaiah United Methodist Church, and her favorite hobbies always included gardening, canning, and cooking. She still works on quilts each day, making treasured gifts of them on special occasions for her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren; and Whereas, her love of travel has taken her to many parts of the nation, as well as to such destinations as the Bahamas, the French Riviera, and Paris, France; and Whereas, without a license or formal training, Mrs. Bright has been a lifelong teacher of mathematics through her example, not in a school classroom but in her home and community, by adding the values of love and hard work to her life; subtracting a can’tdo attitude from her mind; multiplying these concepts in her home, church, and community; and dividing them among her nine children; and Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to honor this daughter of South Carolina at the celebration of her ninetyfifth birthday, and the members join with her family and friends to salute her on reaching this extraordinary milestone. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate Jessierine Davis Bright of Colleton County on the occasion of her ninetyfifth birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and many years of continued happiness.