South Carolina S 1066: Carol Thomas Memorial Bridge

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2025-2026 Bill 1066 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 31, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1066

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Recalled

March 31, 2026

S. 1066

Introduced 
by Senator Cromer 

S. Printed 3/31/26--S.

Read the first time March 26, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
NAME THE BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF WHITMIRE THAT CROSSES THE CSX RAILROAD TRACK 
ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 72 "CAROL THOMAS MEMORIAL BRIDGE" AND ERECT 
APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS LOCATION CONTAINING THE DESIGNATION.

Whereas, the Honorable 
Carol Thomas was born in Newberry County on March 13, 1950, and died on January 
23, 2018. He was the son of the late Charles Doward and Anne Mae Robertson 
Thomas; and

Whereas, Mr. Thomas had 
a distinguished career as a public servant that included chief of the Whitmire 
Fire Department, member of the Newberry County Board of Rural Fire Control, 
Mayor Pro Tempore of Whitmire, and member of the Whitmire Town Council; and

Whereas, Mr. Thomas 
also was a successful businessman who worked as market manager of Winn Dixie 
for thirty-five years, owned Thomas Grocery and Grill for eleven years, was 
store manager of Piggly Wiggly of Whitmire for a number of years, and took 
ownership of the store in 2006; and

Whereas, a devout 
Christian, he was a faithful member of Whitmire Pentecostal Holiness Church; 
and

Whereas, Mr. Thomas is 
survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, Betty Thomas, their two sons, and a 
host of other relatives and friends; and

Whereas, it would be 
only fitting and proper to pay tribute to this son of South Carolina by naming a 
highway facility in the town of Whitmire in his honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the 
Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the 
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request that the 
Department of Transportation name the bridge in the town of Whitmire that 
crosses the CSX Railroad track along South Carolina Highway 72 "Carol Thomas 
Memorial Bridge" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this location 
containing the designation.

Be 
it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the 
Department of Transportation and presented to the family of the Honorable Carol 
Thomas.

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