A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE LIFE OF MARTHA BROWNING DICUS UPON THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND UPON THE COUNTLESS LIVES TOUCHED BY HER EXUBERANCE AND JOIE DE VIVRE. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are pleased to remember the life and legacy of Martha Browning Dicus upon the anniversary celebration of her birthday; and Whereas, born on July 18, 1949, in Portsmouth, Virginia, she was the oldest child of Colonel William A. Dicus, Jr., and Dorothy and “Dot” M. Liles Dicus; Whereas, during her formative years, Martha moved with her family often throughout her in the United States father’s career Marine Corps, and she graduated from high school in Fairfax, Virginia, before in religion from Meredith earning a bachelor’s College in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Whereas, Ms. Dicus first served as a social worker and then decided to study law at the University of South Carolina, where she received a juris doctor degree in December of 1978; and Whereas, she continued her lifelong commitment to help those in need when she joined the Richland County Public Defender’s Office in Columbia. In 1981, an opportunity to work with Native Americans led her to Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation in 1981; and Whereas, returning to South Carolina in 1982 with a great love of the American West and a deeper appreciation of her love for South Carolina, she began serving with the Neighborhood Legal Services
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE LIFE OF MARTHA BROWNING DICUS UPON THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND UPON THE COUNTLESS LIVES TOUCHED BY HER EXUBERANCE AND JOIE DE VIVRE. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are pleased to remember the life and legacy of Martha Browning Dicus upon the anniversary celebration of her birthday; and Whereas, born on July 18, 1949, in Portsmouth, Virginia, she was the oldest child of Colonel William A. Dicus, Jr., and Dorothy “Dot” M. Liles Dicus; and Whereas, during her formative years, Martha moved with her family often throughout her father’s career in the United States Marine Corps, and she graduated from high school in Fairfax, Virginia, before earning a bachelor’s in religion from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Whereas, Ms. Dicus first served as a social worker and then decided to study law at the University of South Carolina, where she received a juris doctor degree in December of 1978; and Whereas, she continued her lifelong commitment to help those in need when she joined the Richland County Public Defender’s Office in Columbia. In 1981, an opportunity to work with Native Americans led her to Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation in 1981; and Whereas, returning to South Carolina in 1982 with a great love of the American West and a deeper appreciation of her love for South Carolina, she began serving with the Neighborhood Legal Services
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