South Carolina H 4920: Mayor Pat G. Smith Memorial Road

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2025-2026 Bill 4920 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 05, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4920

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Recalled

February 5, 2026

H. 4920

Introduced 
by Rep. Caskey 

S. Printed 2/5/26--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 Platt Springs Road in the Town of Springdale in Lexington County 
from its intersection with Rainbow Drive to its intersection with Wattling Road 
"Mayor Pat G. Smith Memorial Road" and erect appropriate markers or signs at 
this location containing these words.

Whereas, born May 17, 
1951, in Cairo, Georgia, the Honorable Pat G. Smith Jr. was a son of the late 
Pat Gaulden and Rubye Dilliard Smith. In 1955, the family relocated to the Town 
of Springdale and were active members of First Baptist Church in West Columbia. 
The Smith family that included Pat and four siblings, were active members in 
First Baptist. Pat would later serve as a deacon here and he married Rosalie D. 
Smith, his wife of thirty-seven years, in the church sanctuary. A 1969 graduate 
of Airport High School, he attended Anderson College and earned a bachelor's 
degree in business administration from Newberry College. He furthered his 
education at the University of South Carolina with a master's degree in public 
administration; and

Whereas, in 1971, he 
began what became a nearly fifty-year career at Wil Lou Gray Opportunity 
School, a state agency for at-risk youth. Smith dedicated his professional 
career to the school in various capacities, with his longest stint as agency 
head from 1998 to June 30, 2025; and

Whereas, a devoted 
public servant, Smith was the second longest serving mayor in Lexington County 
history, serving as mayor of Springdale for nearly three decades. He also generously 
gave of his time and expertise to serve on a number of boards that included the 
South Carolina Municipal Association, the Central Midlands Regional Council of 
Governments, Central Regional Transit Authority, president of the South 
Carolina Association of Regional Councils, member and vice chair of the Joint 
Water and Sewer Commission, the State Workforce Development Board, and the 
Richland-Lexington Airport District Commission; and

Whereas, during his 
lifetime, Smith was the recipient of numerous honors, among them the Richard M. 
Kuffel Award for Excellence in Education and the Order of the Palmetto, South 
Carolina's highest civilian honor, presented in recognition of a lifetime of 
extraordinary achievement, service, and contributions on a national or 
statewide scale; and

Whereas, 
a devoted family man, Pat and Rosalie enjoyed sharing their blessings with 
others, grateful to God for their forty-seven wonderful years together. They 
especially cherished time spent with their nieces and nephews, routinely 
celebrating baptisms, dance recitals, graduations, summer excursions, Christmas 
parties, weddings, and births at their home. Once, they even hosted dinner for 
the entire Lees-McRae College tennis team. Little else surpassed the joy those 
remarkable young people brought to his life; and

Whereas, following a 
life well lived and with his devoted wife by his side, Pat peacefully went home 
to be with the Lord on July 15, 2025; and

Whereas, it is only 
fitting and proper that the Honorable Pat G. Smith Jr., a man who dedicated his 
life to God, his family, and the community he loved is remembered with a road 
in the Town of Springdale 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 Platt Springs Road in the Town of Springdale 
in Lexington County from its intersection with Rainbow Drive to its 
intersection with Wattling Road "Mayor Pat G. Smith Memorial Road" and erect 
appropriate markers or signs 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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