South Carolina H 4570: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND COMMEND MADIE ROBINSON FOR HER NOBLE EFFORTS IN DECREASING THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN THE PEE DEE REGION.

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2025-2026 Bill 4570 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 14, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4570

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Recalled

April 14, 2026

H. 4570

Introduced 
by Reps. Oremus, Clyburn, Hixon, Taylor and Hartz 

S. Printed 4/14/26--S.

Read the first time February 4, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE dEPARTMENT OF tRANSPORTATION 
NAME the portion of Piney Heights Road IN aIKEN cOUNTY FROM its intersection 
with pine hill road to its intersection with pine log Road THE "jAMES rOLAND 
sMITH mEMORIAL hIGHWAY" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE SIGNS OR MARKERS AT THIS LOCATION 
CONTAINING THESE WORDS.

Whereas, born February 
26, 1933, to the late Walter W. Daniels and Maybell Smith Craig, the Honorable 
James Roland Smith went on to become one of Aiken County's longest serving 
legislators remembered for a "lifetime of service"; and

Whereas, Smith 
served in the United States Air Force for two years during the Korean War, 
where he earned the National Defense Service Medal. He was an active 
Pentecostal Minister for thirty-eight years, a retired rural carrier, and an 
accomplished entrepreneur. Smith enjoyed being a member of the Lions Club and 
the Beech Island Agricultural Club. He also was an avid bicyclist. He chaired 
the Beech Island Rural Community Water District board for ten years and served 
six years on the Aiken County School Board, four of those years as vice 
chairman; and

Whereas, he was 
first elected to represent South Carolina House District 84 in 1988 and went on 
to serve more than two decades before retiring in 2014. Smith served on 
numerous House committees, including Agriculture and Natural Resources; Labor, 
Commerce, and Industry; Ways and Means; Economic Development; and as chairman 
of the House Ethics Committee. He also served on the Property and Casualty 
Insurance, Labor and Commerce, and other Taxes subcommittes; and

Whereas, in 1953 
Smith married Peggy C. Cato, a union that produced three children, Garry, who 
served in the House with his father representing part of Greenville County, 
Todd, and Caroline. The family also includes five grandchildren and nine 
great-grandchildren to whom Smith was completely devoted; and

Whereas, 
accolades that poured in after Smith's death on June 30, 2025, described him as 
having been well respected in Columbia, a fierce advocate for Aiken County, 
especially the valley, and successful at doing the things that needed to be 
done for the area. Another called him a humble person who cared about education, 
a person who grew up in the mill villages, and stayed in the valley; and

Whereas, it is 
only fitting and proper that this native son of the Palmetto State who loved 
and served God, his country, his constituents, and was devoted to his family is 
forever remembered by having a stretch of highway in Aiken County named in his 
memory. Now, therefore,

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

That the members 
of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, request the 
Department of Transportation name the portion of Piney Heights Road in Aiken 
County from its intersection with Pine Hill Road to its intersection with Pine 
Log Road the "James Roland Smith Memorial Highway" and erect appropriate signs 
or markers at this location containing these words.

Be it further 
resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of 
Transportation.

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