South Carolina S 529: Malenda Lake Goodwin 85th birthday

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2025-2026 Bill 529 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 01, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 529

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Ferria Malenda Lake Goodwin OF 
Greenville COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF HER eighty-fifth 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 Malenda Lake Goodwin of Greenville 
County will celebrate her eighty-fifth birthday on April 8, 2025; and 

Whereas, born on April 
8, 1940, in the first half 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, a daughter of Ben 
and Ferria Anderson Lake, Malenda was born in Greenville County and was reared on 
University Ridge until her family moved to Taylors in the late 1940s. She grew 
up in a loving home with four sisters: Bennett, Carol, Phyllis, and Iris and 
stepsister, Delitha Allmond; and

Whereas, Mrs. Goodwin attended 
the Rosenwald Schools and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1958. She was a 
class officer and a world-class basketball player and was inducted into the 
Palmetto Hall of Fame for her outstanding high school basketball career. She 
attended South Carolina State after high school for a year; and

Whereas, she returned 
home to the love of her life, Edward Lee Goodwin Sr., and together they reared 
five fine children: Janice Goodwin Jackson, Edward Jr., Michelle 
Goodwin-Calwile, Mark Anthony, and Corey Scott. Her children have blessed her 
with the affection of eighteen adoring grandchildren. She has had the joy of 
seeing her loving family legacy continued in the lives of fourteen great-grandchildren; 
and

Whereas, Mrs. Goodwin 
worked at Piedmont Shirt Factory and then at Union Carbide, which is now Kemet 
Electronics, until she retired. A faithful member of Aiken Chapel Missionary 
Baptist Church, she served the congregation over the years in many leadership 
positions. She also was a leader in the Mt. Pleasant Community and taught her 
children to serve others; and

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

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, congratulate Ferria 
Malenda Lake Goodwin of Greenville County on the occasion of her eighty-fifth 
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 Malenda Lake Goodwin.

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