A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE BURNIE COULLETTE BAXTER MONTGOMERY OF COLUMBIA ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDRED TENTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Burnie Coullette Baxter Montgomery of Columbia will celebrate her one hundred tenth birthday on April 15, 2016; and Whereas, born on April 15, 1906, to Steward and Bertha Coullette of Summerton, Burnie was the oldest of three children. The young Burnie came into this world when the twentieth century was still in its youth, and she has been witness to nearly all the incredible changes and developments that have come to this nation from that time into the second decade of the twentyfirst century; and Whereas, after the death of her mother, Burnie dropped out of school in the fourth grade to care for her siblings and help her father on the farm. In December 1929, at the age of twentythree, she married Jack Baxter, the Lord blessing their union with seven children; and Whereas, in March 1943, Jack died, leaving Burnie with six children to raise alone (one child having died at birth). Burnie continued working on their sharecrop farm and later married John Montgomery. One child was born to that union; and Whereas, in search of a better life, in 1955 John and Burnie moved to Washington, D.C., where Burnie was employed as housekeeper at Burnie continued domestic several area hotels. After John’s death, work until she retired; and
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE BURNIE COULLETTE BAXTER MONTGOMERY OF COLUMBIA ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDRED TENTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Burnie Coullette Baxter Montgomery of Columbia will celebrate her one hundred tenth birthday on April 15, 2016; and Whereas, born on April 15, 1906, to Steward and Bertha Coullette of Summerton, Burnie was the oldest of three children. The young Burnie came into this world when the twentieth century was still in its youth, and she has been witness to nearly all the incredible changes and developments that have come to this nation from that time into the second decade of the twentyfirst century; and Whereas, after the death of her mother, Burnie dropped out of school in the fourth grade to care for her siblings and help her father on the farm. In December 1929, at the age of twentythree, she married Jack Baxter, the Lord blessing their union with seven children; and Whereas, in March 1943, Jack died, leaving Burnie with six children to raise alone (one child having died at birth). Burnie continued working on their sharecrop farm and later married John Montgomery. One child was born to that union; and Whereas, in search of a better life, in 1955 John and Burnie moved to Washington, D.C., where Burnie was employed as housekeeper at several area hotels. After John’s death, Burnie continued domestic work until she retired; and
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