South Carolina H 4447: Mary Louise Reynolds Leeretirement

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2025-2026 Bill 4447 Text of Previous Version (May. 14, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4447

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Mary Louise "Mary Lou" 
Reynolds Lee, beloved second grade teacher at Wilson Hall, UPON THE OCCASION OF 
HER RETIREMENT AFTER fifty-SIX YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER 
CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives have learned that Mary Lou Reynolds 
Lee will begin a well-deserved retirement after fifty-six years as a highly 
regarded teacher at Wilson Hall; and

Whereas, having grown 
up in Pinewood, Mary Lou graduated from Furman High School and earned a 
bachelor's degree in 1967 from then all-female Winthrop College, which was 
founded as a teachers' college; and

Whereas, she and her 
beloved husband, Jimmy Lee, were married on July 26, 1969. Together they reared 
two fine sons, Tripp from Sumter and Todd from Mt. Pleasant. Tripp and his 
wife, Elizabeth, along with Todd and his wife, Lucy, have blessed them with the 
affection of six loving grandchildren; and

Whereas, Mrs. Lee spent 
her career as an educator in the Midlands. She taught an estimated one thousand 
two hundred children in her career: two years at Wade Hampton Academy in 
Orangeburg and fifty-five years at Wilson Hall in Sumter, teaching mostly 
second and some third grade classes; and

Whereas, her dedication 
as a teacher was honored when she was named Teacher of the Year, as the first recipient 
in 2003 of the Margaret West Award, and with the 2005 Nash Award for Teacher 
Advancement. March 22, 2020, was designated "Mary Lou Lee Day" in honor of the 
anniversary of her fiftieth year of teaching at Wilson Hall; and

Whereas, grateful for 
her many years of distinguished service to the education of students at Wilson 
Hall, the South Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in 
extending best wishes to Mary Lou Lee as she transitions to a richly deserved 
retirement and the unhurried pace of the days ahead, and the members wish her 
many years of enjoyment in her well-earned retirement. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize 
and honor Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Reynolds Lee, beloved second grade teacher at 
Wilson Hall, upon the occasion of her retirement after fifty-six years of exemplary service, and wish her continued 
success and happiness in all her future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Reynolds Lee.

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