A SENATE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE JESSIERINE DAVIS BRIGHT OF COLLETON COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER NINETYFIFTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HAPPINESS. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are delighted to learn that Jessierine Davis Bright of Colleton County will celebrate her ninetyfifth birthday on March 5, 2018; and Whereas, born on March 5, 1923, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, she has witnessed many remarkable social changes, technological advancements, and international developments that have spanned the globe from that time into the second decade of the twentyfirst century; and Whereas, one of ten children born to Jimmy Rogers Davis and Julia Davis, a young Jessierine attended Saint Peters CME “Dude” Church in Walterboro, and she walked more than five miles each day to attend the segregated schools in Colleton; and Whereas, although she was promoted to the sixth grade in the early 1930s, she dropped out to participate in caring for her family by cooking the family meals and taking on domestic jobs, while her brothers worked on the family cotton farms. An avid reader, she continued her education by reading advanced books; and Whereas, on November 16, 1940, Jessierine Davis married her beloved husband, Herbert Garfield Bright. Together they reared nine exceptional children, and she dedicated herself to her family as a housewife and encouraged all of her children to complete their education; and
A SENATE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE JESSIERINE DAVIS BRIGHT OF COLLETON COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER NINETYFIFTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HAPPINESS. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are delighted to learn that Jessierine Davis Bright of Colleton County will celebrate her ninetyfifth birthday on March 5, 2018; and Whereas, born on March 5, 1923, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, she has witnessed many remarkable social changes, technological advancements, and international developments that have spanned the globe from that time into the second decade of the twentyfirst century; and Whereas, one of ten children born to Jimmy Rogers Davis and Julia “Dude” Davis, a young Jessierine attended Saint Peters CME Church in Walterboro, and she walked more than five miles each day to attend the segregated schools in Colleton; and Whereas, although she was promoted to the sixth grade in the early 1930s, she dropped out to participate in caring for her family by cooking the family meals and taking on domestic jobs, while her brothers worked on the family cotton farms. An avid reader, she continued her education by reading advanced books; and Whereas, on November 16, 1940, Jessierine Davis married her beloved husband, Herbert Garfield Bright. Together they reared nine exceptional children, and she dedicated herself to her family as a housewife and encouraged all of her children to complete their education; and
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