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2025-2026 Bill 491 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 02, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 491

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Reverend A.L. Brackett ON THE 
OCCASION OF HIS ninetieth BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HIM A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY 
CELEBRATION AND MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE years AHEAD.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina Senate are pleased to learn that Reverend A. L. Brackett 
will celebrate this important milestone on April 19, 2025; and

Whereas, a native of Cowpens, 
Reverend Brackett was born to parents Johnny and Freelove Brackett. He received 
his early education in Spartanburg County Public Schools and went on to attend 
Benedict College in Columbia. He matriculated at Community College and the 
School of Religion at Abyssinia Baptist Church in New York, New York. He 
received his Bachelor of Ministry and Honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from 
Columbia Bible Institute in Columbia; and

Whereas, Reverend 
Brackett was licensed as a minister in June 1954 at the Island Creek Baptist 
Church in Cowpens. He has served as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in New 
York, New York, Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Grambling, and Laurel Hill Baptist 
Church in Waterloo. He is currently the pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in 
Gaffney, where he has served for fifty-nine years, and the St. Paul Baptist 
Church in Union, where he has served for fifty years; and

Whereas, a civic 
leader, Reverend Brackett has served his community in many ways, including 
through leadership on Union County education committees, the board of the Union 
County Health Foundation, and the executive board of the Thickety Mountain 
Baptist Association. He served as a member of the Union/Laurens Commission for 
Higher Education for eleven years and was honored in 2012 for his contributions 
to the University of South Carolina-Union; and

Whereas, over the 
years, Reverend Brackett has received a number of honors and awards, including his 
2013 honor as an Annual Cornerstone Award recipient for his leadership contributions 
to Union County, his 2014 induction into the Cherokee County South Carolina 
Branch of the NAACP Hall of Fame, and his 2022 honor by Iris, Incorporated of 
Upstate SC as an Individual of Distinction. He has been recognized by the 
Oxford's Who's Who-the Elite Registry for Extraordinary Professionals; and

Whereas, Reverend 
Brackett was married to the late Jereleen Jefferies Brackett, and together they 
had three children, Karen Brackett Browning, Amouel B. Brackett Jr, and 
Reginald Brackett; and four grandchildren; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Senate takes great pleasure in honoring this son of South Carolina at 
the celebration of his ninetieth birthday and is pleased to join with his 
family and friends in congratulating him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Reverend 
A. L. Brackett on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday and wish him a joyous 
birthday celebration and much happiness in the years ahead.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to Reverend A. L. Brackett.

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