South Carolina H 3956: Wayne Corley sympathy

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2025-2026 Bill 3956 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 11, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3956

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A house RESOLUTION

to EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 
SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF Otto Wayne Corley 
of Richland County AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING 
FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death 
of Otto Wayne Corley at the age of eighty-six on Tuesday, February 4, 2025; and

Whereas, born in Red 
Bank in 1938, he was the son of the late Otto Shull and Ruth Harmon Corley. 
Reared in a loving home with two siblings, Katherine "Kitty" Corley Spence and 
the late Webster Corley, he graduated from Lexington High School in 1956 and 
enrolled in the University of South Carolina; and

Whereas, Mr. Corley's 
undergraduate studies were interrupted to serve in the United States Army in 
counterintelligence from 1960 to 1963. He earned a bachelor's degree from the 
University of South Carolina (USC) in 1965 and a juris doctorate from the USC School 
of Law in 1968. While attending law school, he worked as a page for then 
Lieutenant Governor Robert E. McNair; and

Whereas, he was elected 
to serve as the first national president of the Law Student Division of the 
American Bar Association, a newly formed organization at that time. After 
graduation from law school, he served in the governor's office as legal 
assistant to the governor, focusing on law enforcement, extradition, and 
legislative relations; and

Whereas, in 1971, Mr. 
Corley became one of three founding members of McNair Law Firm. From the firm's 
inception, he served as an executive leader until he relinquished his role of managing 
shareholder in 2004 to focus on his public finance law practice. He was 
instrumental in the development of the firm's public finance practice area, 
which over time became, and remains, one of the most respected in the Southeast, 
issuing bonds to obtain financing for many of the municipalities, counties, 
school districts, hospitals, airports, and publicly owned utilities in the State 
of South Carolina. During his career, he was involved in issuing bonds totaling 
in excess of thirty-four billion dollars. His prominence in this area of law 
earned him inclusion in the Best Lawyers of America, among other 
accolades; and

Whereas, devoted to his 
community, he served as president of the Summit Club of Columbia, as chair of 
the Carolina's Advisory Board of Bank of America, and as a member of the board 
of trustees of the University of South Carolina Business Partnership, the ETV 
Partnership Board, the board of the Palmetto Health Alliance Foundation, USC 
Board of Visitors, USC Law School Partnership, advisory board for the Darla 
Moore School of Business, Midlands Business Leadership Group, and the State 
Museum Foundation. He was also a member of the Palmetto Club and Forest Lake 
Club and was president of the South Carolina Debutante Ball; and

Whereas, a faithful 
member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Mr. Corley served the congregation 
as a deacon and as an elder. Always generous with his time and his resources, 
he loved to hunt, fish, and boat on Lake Murray or on the Congaree River all 
the way to Edisto Island; and

Whereas, together with 
his beloved wife of sixty-two years, Jacqueline "Jacquie" Splawn Corley, he 
reared two fine children, Lauren Kendall Corley of Columbia and Christopher 
Lawrence Corley of Mt. Pleasant. Their children blessed him with the affection 
of two loving grandchildren, Lillian Madison and Alexander Shull Corley; and

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and 
legacy of Wayne Corley and for the example of service, excellence, and kindness 
he set for all who knew him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, express 
their profound sorrow upon the passing of Otto Wayne Corley of Richland County 
and extend their deepest sympathy to his large and loving family and his many 
friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to the family of Otto Wayne Corley. 

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