South Carolina S 1068: Landmarks for Families

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2025-2026 Bill 1068 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 31, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1068

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO HONOR AND COMMEND ALFREDA WALTERS TINDAL FOR MORE 
THAN FOUR DECADES OF EXEMPLARY PUBLIC SERVICE.

Whereas, Alfreda 
Walters Tindal devoted more than four decades of distinguished service to 
Richland County, beginning her career on June 16, 1980, in the Public Works 
Road Maintenance Department as a Clerk II and retiring on February 28, 2025, as 
Richland County's Enhanced 9-1-1 address coordinator specialist; and

Whereas, in the early 
years of her service, Ms. Tindal's responsibilities included responding to 
public inquiries and complaints and issuing work orders that provided her with 
firsthand insight into the needs of residents, all of these responsibilities serving 
to lay the foundation for her lifelong commitment to accuracy, service, and 
public safety. Throughout her career, Alfreda Walters Tindal played a critical 
role in shaping the safety, infrastructure, and operational efficiency of 
Richland County by ensuring roads were properly named, addresses were 
accurately assigned, and emergency responders were able to reach residents 
quickly and effectively; and

Whereas, in 1980, Ms. 
Tindal completed her first major road-naming project with the designation of 
Winhill Road, a frontage road off Monticello Road and Interstate 20, an 
assignment that revealed the urgent need to address hundreds of unnamed county 
dirt roads that posed challenges for maintenance, navigation, and emergency 
response. Within two years, Ms. Tindal led the monumental effort to name 218 
previously unnamed dirt roads, 191 of them in the predominantly Black community 
of Lower Richland, thereby improving public safety, enhancing service delivery, 
and providing long overlooked communities with official identity and 
recognition; and

Whereas, Ms. Tindal's 
work was instrumental in the successful implementation of Richland County's 
Enhanced 9-1-1 system in 1987, a milestone achievement that transformed 
emergency response operations countywide and continues to save lives; and

Whereas, over the 
course of her career, Ms. Tindal coordinated, issued, and approved more than 
100,000 addresses and named more than 10,000 roads, working collaboratively 
with neighboring jurisdictions to ensure seamless emergency-response coverage 
beyond county boundaries; and

Whereas, Ms. Tindal 
broke significant barriers by becoming the first Black female supervisor in the 
Public Works Department in 1983 and later the first Black female chairperson of 
the Richland County Grievance Board in 1991, setting a powerful example of leadership, 
perseverance, and integrity; and

Whereas, throughout her 
career, Ms. Tindal represented Richland County at career days and professional 
conferences, providing education, mentorship, and advocacy for excellence in 
addressing, emergency response, and public service. Moreover, she authored policies, 
manuals, and educational materials related to addressing and road naming, many 
of which remain in use today in Richland County and surrounding jurisdictions, 
ensuring her professional legacy endures well beyond her retirement; and

Whereas, Ms. Tindal's 
exemplary service has been recognized through numerous honors, including the 
2000 U.S. Census Trophy, the South Carolina APCO/NENA Honorable Mention 9-1-1 
Technician of the Year Award, and multiple features in The State newspaper highlighting 
her pioneering contributions to public safety; and

Whereas, beyond her 
professional accomplishments, she is the mother of Dr. LaNisha Tindal and Nero 
Tindal IV, grandmother of two, and an active member of various worthy 
organizations. A lifelong student and teacher of the Bible, she has served as a 
short-term foreign missionary since 1995 and looks forward to traveling, 
bowling, playing Scrabble, singing, and decorating. 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, honor and commend Alfreda 
Walters Tindal for more than four decades of exemplary public service.

Be it further resolved that 
a copy of this resolution be presented to Alfreda Walters Tindal.

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