South Carolina H 4499: Emma Louisa Jefferies Houston 104th birthday

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2025-2026 Bill 4499 Text of Previous Version (May. 06, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4499

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A house RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Emma Louise Jefferies Houston ON THE 
OCCASION OF HER ONE HUNDRED fourTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY 
CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives are delighted to learn that Emma 
Louise Jefferies Houston of Cherokee County will celebrate her one hundred 
fourth birthday on Friday, May 9, 2025; and 

Whereas, born in the 
first quarter of the twentieth century, she has witnessed the many remarkable 
social changes, technological advancements, and international developments that 
have spanned the globe from that time into the first quarter of the twenty-first 
century; and 

Whereas, born in Gaffney 
on May 9, 1921, Emma Louise was the last of twenty-one children born to Daniel 
and Blanche Montgomery Jefferies; and

Whereas, together with 
her beloved husband, the late J. B. Houston Sr., she reared five fine children 
Dorthy Jean Allen, Strap Houston, Barbara Sarratt, Fleetwood Houston, and J. B. 
Houston Jr. Although four of her children have predeceased her, they blessed 
her with the affection of many loving grandchildren; and

Whereas, despite her 
diminutive size, Mrs. Houston has had a significant impact, particularly in the 
lives of her grandchildren with whom she is exceptionally close; and

Whereas, without a 
license or formal training, Mrs. Houston taught a sort of mathematics through 
her example, not in a school classroom but in her community, when she added the 
values of love and hard work to her life; subtracted a can't-do attitude from 
her mind; multiplied these concepts in her home, church, and community; and 
divided them among her children; and

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to honor this daughter 
of South Carolina at the celebration of her one hundred fourth birthday and 
join with her family and friends in congratulating her on reaching this extraordinary 
milestone. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate 
Emma Louise Jefferies Houston on the occasion of her one hundred fourth 
birthday and wish her a joyous birthday celebration and many years of continued 
health and happiness.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Emma Louise Jefferies Houston.

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