South Carolina S 232: Charles Marshall Death

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2025-2026 Bill 232 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 16, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 232

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS PROFOUND SORROW UPON THE PASSING OF 
Charles "Marshall" Cain AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS 
FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina Senate were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Charles 
"Marshall" Cain on January 13, 2025; and

Whereas, born in 1934 to 
parents Dr. C. Howard Cain and Helen Holley Cain, Mr. Cain attended Aiken 
Elementary and Aiken High School, where he served as president of the student 
body. He earned his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the University 
of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Law, 
respectively; and

Whereas, after 
finishing law school in 1959, Mr. Cain served as legislative assistant to Senator 
Strom Thurmond in Washington, D.C., where he met his future wife, Anne, who was 
working in the same office. They were married in 1961 and celebrated their sixty-third 
wedding anniversary last year; and

Whereas, Mr. Cain 
returned to Aiken in 1961 to practice law with the firm of Lybrand, Simons, and 
Rich. He remained with the firm until 1981 when he was appointed Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington; and

Whereas, Mr. Cain was 
elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1968 and was re-elected 
three times. For six years, Republicans in the House elected him as their 
Minority Leader. While serving in a leadership position in the Republican party 
in the House, he demonstrated an ability to work with Democrats to accomplish significant 
legislative progress; and

Whereas, Mr. Cain was 
the primary sponsor of legislation that created the Legislative Audit Council, 
an agency charged with investigating waste, fraud, and abuse in State agencies. 
He was the only Republican to serve on a six-member House-Senate Committee that 
visited alcohol and drug rehabilitation homes in the United States and then 
enacted a complete revision of the State's drug laws. He was the only 
Republican appointed to a ten-member House-Senate Committee that studied recommended 
revisions to the 1895 State Constitution and reported back to the two bodies; 
and

Whereas, Mr. Cain 
supported actions that created the Aiken County Council and authorized a new 
County Hospital. In 1974, Governor James B. Edwards asked him to serve as 
Executive Assistant to the first Republican governor since Reconstruction. He 
was appointed by Governor Edwards to be his liaison to the General Assembly, to 
be in charge of appointments to boards and commissions, to serve as liaison to 
law enforcement agencies, and to serve as Chairman of the Governor's Committee 
on Criminal Justice, Crime and Delinquency; and

Whereas, over the 
years, Mr. Cain received many honors and awards, including the Order of the 
Palmetto, the State's highest civilian award, which Governor Edwards awarded 
him in 1976, and being named Aiken's Outstanding Young Man of the Year in 1967; 
and

Whereas, Mr. Cain 
practiced law in Columbia with the law firm of Richardson, Plowden, Grier and 
Howser from 1984 until 1988. He was then appointed as Deputy General Counsel for 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where he was responsible for 
litigation, legislation, and oversight of Regional Attorneys at the EPA until his 
retirement in 1996; and

Whereas, a devout 
Christian, Mr. Cain was a loyal member of Aiken's First Baptist Church and 
served in many capacities, including as Chairman of the Deacons. A civic 
leader, he served in many community organizations, including as a past president 
of the Aiken Rotary Club; and

Whereas, Mr. Cain lived 
a life worth emulating, grounded in faith, commitment, integrity, and service 
to others; and

Whereas, Mr. Cain 
leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Anne; his daughter, Julie McGill and her 
husband, Tommy, and their children, Thomas (Kylie), Kennedy (Andrew) and their 
son Elliot, and Leandra; his son Marshall and his wife, Starr, and their 
children, Thomas, Katherine, and Sanders; his son David and his wife, Sarah, 
and children Madison, Hannah, and Titus; and his son Stuart and his wife, Ellen, 
and sons Caleb, Benjamin, and Gideon. He will be greatly missed. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, express profound 
sorrow upon the passing of Charles "Marshall" Cain and extend the 
deepest sympathy to his family and many friends.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be presented to the family of Charles "Marshall" Cain.

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