South Carolina H 5416: Reverend Dr. Sandy William Drayton

Bill Text

South Carolina General Assembly

123rd Session, 2019-2020



H. 5416



STATUS INFORMATION



House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Anderson, Alexander, Allison, Atkinson, Bailey, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, Bryant, Burns, Calhoon, Caskey, Chellis, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, Cobb‑Hunter, Cogswell, Collins, B. Cox, W. Cox, Crawford, Daning, Davis, Dillard, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Garvin, Gilliam, Gilliard, Govan, Haddon, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson‑Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Hyde, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kimmons, King, Kirby, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, Matthews, McCoy, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, McKnight, Moore, Morgan, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Oremus, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pope, Ridgeway, Rivers, Robinson, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, R. Williams, S. Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow

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Introduced in the House on March 19, 2020

Adopted by the House on March 19, 2020



Summary: Reverend Dr. Sandy William Drayton





HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS



	Date	Body	Action Description with journal page number	

	3/19/2020	House	Introduced and adopted (House Journal‑page 15)



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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL



3/19/2020





















A HOUSE RESOLUTION



TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND DR. SANDY WILLIAM DRAYTON, PRESIDING ELDER OF THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FOR FORTY‑SIX YEARS OF FAITHFUL MINISTRY TO THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, TO HIS COMMUNITY, AND TO HIS GOD.



Whereas, it is altogether fitting and proper that the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives should pause in their deliberations to commend Presiding Elder Sandy W. Drayton for his dedicated ministry of nurturing the young and old within the church and community; and



Whereas, a native of Georgetown, he is the seventh child of the late Frank and Mary Lee Nesbitt Drayton, and he attended J. B. Beck Elementary School and graduated from Howard High School in 1968; and



Whereas, in the patriotic tradition of the sons of South Carolina, Reverend Drayton enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after graduation and then continued his education at Allen University in Columbia, where he met his beloved wife, Pradensia, and still found time to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1975.  They later married and now have three fine children and four adoring grandchildren; and



Whereas, he earned a Master of Divinity in 1978 from Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio, and a doctorate in church member retention from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D. C., in 2014; and



Whereas, in 1973, Reverend Drayton delivered his initial sermon in Georgetown at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) where he was licensed to preach two years later; and



Whereas, he was elected and ordained itinerant deacon in 1977 at Trinity AMEC Columbia Conference in the Spartanburg District, and a year later, he was elected and ordained itinerant elder at Greater St. Luke AMEC at the Palmetto South Carolina Annual Conference in Charleston; and



Whereas, as a pastor, Reverend Drayton has blessed numerous congregations with his ministry, including Bethel AMEC in Frankfort, Ohio, from 1976 to 1978; Mt. Zion AMEC in Delaware, Ohio, from 1978 to 1980; St. Paul AMEC in Charleston, West Virginia, from 1980 to 1988; St. Paul AMEC in Canton, Ohio, from 1988 to 1992; and Moncks Corner AMEC in Moncks Corner from 1992 to 2001; and



Whereas, in 2001, he was appointed to serve as presiding elder of his home district, the Georgetown District at the Palmetto South Carolina Annual Conference, consisting of eleven thousand members, and five years later, he was appointed to serve as the presiding elder of the Columbia District at the Columbia South Carolina Annual Conference, consisting of seven thousand members.  In 2014, Reverend Drayton was reassigned as the presiding elder of the Georgetown District of the Palmetto South Carolina Annual Conference; and



Whereas, through all these assignments, Reverend Drayton’s devoted wife, Sister Pradensia Drayton, has eagerly supported and enriched his spiritual ministry. Additionally, Sister Drayton ably serves as the Georgetown District Area Consultant; and 



Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives deeply appreciates the godly influence of faithful South Carolinians, like Sandy Drayton, who dedicate their lives to the spiritual welfare of others.  Now, therefore, 



Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: