A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MRS. LUCILLE GARRETT OF PICKENS COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH 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 Mrs. Lucille Garrett of Pickens County will celebrate her one hundredth birthday on July 11, 2016; and Whereas, born on July 11, 1916, when the twentieth century was still in its youth, she was a 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, in the fullness of time, the young Lucille met Milford and the two were wed in August 1935, God blessing “Bluff” Garrett, their union with six children, sixteen grandchildren, and seventeen greatgrandchildren, most of whom reside in the Upstate; and Whereas, the wedding story of Lucille and her Bluff has become legend among family members and friends. The two were secretly married at Walhalla Courthouse, with two witnesses present at the ceremony. After the couple had tied the knot, on that same day Bluff put his bride on the train to Washington, D.C., to work and earn some money, and everyone kept quiet about the nuptials for a couple of months. Then one of the witnesses let the Bluff news “slip,” so had to call Lucille to come home because the was out; and “secret” Whereas, after this undercover beginning, the new Mrs. Garrett enjoyed wedded bliss with her beloved Bluff for nearly sixty years.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MRS. LUCILLE GARRETT OF PICKENS COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDREDTH 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 Mrs. Lucille Garrett of Pickens County will celebrate her one hundredth birthday on July 11, 2016; and Whereas, born on July 11, 1916, when the twentieth century was still in its youth, she was a 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, in the fullness of time, the young Lucille met Milford “Bluff” Garrett, and the two were wed in August 1935, God blessing their union with six children, sixteen grandchildren, and seventeen greatgrandchildren, most of whom reside in the Upstate; and Whereas, the wedding story of Lucille and her Bluff has become legend among family members and friends. The two were secretly married at Walhalla Courthouse, with two witnesses present at the ceremony. After the couple had tied the knot, on that same day Bluff put his bride on the train to Washington, D.C., to work and earn some money, and everyone kept quiet about the nuptials for a couple of months. Then one of the witnesses let the news “slip,” so Bluff had to call Lucille to come home because the “secret” was out; and Whereas, after this undercover beginning, the new Mrs. Garrett enjoyed wedded bliss with her beloved Bluff for nearly sixty years.
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