South Carolina S 361: Irene Jackson Jones

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2025-2026 Bill 361 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 28, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 361

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Irene Jackson Jones of Richland COUNTY 
ON THE OCCASION OF HER ninetieTH BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HER A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY 
CELEBRATION AND MANY YEARS OF CONTINUED HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina Senate are delighted to learn that Irene Jackson Jones of the 
Hickory Ridge community will celebrate her ninetieth birthday on March 10, 2025; 
and 

Whereas, born on March 
10, 1935, in the early part 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, Irene Jackson 
was born in Gibsland, Louisiana, to the late Smith Jackson Sr. and Gracie Sneed 
Jackson. She is a true and faithful woman of God who has been involved in the 
church her entire life; and

Whereas, together with 
her beloved husband, the late Woodrow W. Jones, she traveled the world as a 
military wife and relocated to Fort Jackson in the late 1970s; and

Whereas, for 
twenty-four years, Mrs. Jones worked at Moncrief Army Community Hospital at 
Fort Jackson, where her service has been honored with the placing of her 
picture on the hospital's Wall of Fame; and

Whereas, the matriarch 
of five generations, Mrs. Jones is the mother of five loving daughters: Linda, 
Deborah, Gwendolyn, Cynthia, and Chequita. She also has been blessed with the 
affection of seven adoring grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and five 
great-great-grandchildren; and

Whereas, a faithful member 
of the Progressive Believers' Baptist Church in Columbia, she serves as the 
congregation's church mother; and

Whereas, Mrs. Jones has 
been an active member of the Hickory Ridge Neighborhood Association for more 
than thirty years. She is known as an excellent cook and baker, is a constant 
friend, considerate neighbor, trusted confidant, and wise advisor; and

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

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Irene 
Jackson Jones of Richland County on the occasion of her ninetieth 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 Irene Jackson Jones.

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