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2025-2026 Bill 4849 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 14, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4849

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A house RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE DR. EVERETT 
LLOYD DARGAN AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives was deeply saddened to learn of the passing 
of Dr. Everett Lloyd Dargan, a native of South Carolina, on April 1, 2025, at 
the venerable age of ninety-five. Dr. Dargan led an inspiring life of 
remarkable achievement and grace as a scholar, surgeon, sportsman, gentleman, 
public servant, husband, father, mentor, and friend to many; and

Whereas, born on July 
30, 1929, in Columbia to Annie and Thomas Dargan Sr., Everett was the third son 
in a loving family of six. His older brothers, Thomas Jr. and Julian, were his 
heroes. Like their parents, the boys and their beloved sister, Goldia, were 
raised in an era of extraordinary hardship, which instilled in them a 
foundation of faith, an ethic of hard work and service to others, and a deep 
commitment to education. The Dargans were devoted members of Zion Baptist 
Church, where Dr. Dargan eventually served as a trustee; and

Whereas, at age 
fifteen, sponsored by a scholarship, the young Everett entered Atlanta's 
Morehouse College. He transferred to the University of Buffalo in New York, 
where he earned a bachelor's degree in biology with honors, followed by 
admission to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. There, 
he received his Doctor of Medicine with high honors in 1953. He trained in 
general surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, becoming chief resident 
of the surgical program. Interrupting his residency to serve in the U.S. Air 
Force during the Korean War, he rose to the rank of captain and commander of 
the USAF Hospital at RAF Base Mildenhall and RAF Base Lakenheath in the UK. 
Following his service, he became associate professor of surgery at Einstein; 
and

Whereas, Dr. Dargan 
returned to Columbia in 1961 to practice and to assist with his mother's cancer 
treatment. Back in New York in 1964, Dr. Dargan, by then an attending surgeon 
at Lincoln Hospital, met Carol Poyner. The two married in 1965 and later moved 
to Boston, where Dr. Dargan completed his surgical specialization and board 
certifications in thoracic surgery and vascular surgery at Boston University 
Medical Center. Returning to New York, he became director of surgery at Lincoln 
and later at Sydenham Hospital, where he also advocated for indigent patient 
care and quality medical care for veterans. In addition, he practiced surgery 
at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, following a fellowship in special surgeries 
of the hand; and

Whereas, in 1978, Dr. 
Dargan returned to Columbia for the remainder of his career, first serving in 
private medical practice. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the University of 
South Carolina (USC) as an associate clinical professor of surgery, serving until 
his retirement in 2004. He remained dedicated to serving his fellow veterans. 
Dr. Dargan was also a founding member of Physicians' Health Plan of South 
Carolina, a network of providers committed to serving Medicaid recipients; and

Whereas, further, 
Everett Dargan was the first African American surgeon to serve as chief of 
surgery and then chief of staff at Richland Memorial Hospital. A lifelong 
scholar, he was honored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 1996 
for his distinguished career of leadership in medicine. He continued training 
fellow surgeons, presenting research findings, and delivering papers at medical 
conferences in Africa and throughout the United States. After retirement, he 
worked for the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners for nearly a decade; 
and

Whereas, in 2005, the 
USC School of Medicine established a scholarship in Dr. Dargan's name to 
support the education of physicians committed to practicing in underserved 
communities. Also in 2005, he received the Order of the Palmetto, the State of 
South Carolina's highest civilian honor. In 2021, he was named one of USC's 
inaugural Luminary Leaders in Medicine and Science; and

Whereas, Dr. Dargan 
leaves to cherish his memory his loving family and a host of patients and 
friends. He will be greatly missed. 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 South 
Carolina native Dr. Everett Lloyd Dargan and extend the deepest sympathy to his 
family and many friends.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution b