South Carolina H 5670: Daisy McDuffie, sympathy

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2025-2026 Bill 5670 Text of Previous Version (May. 07, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5670

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A house RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF DAISY ROGERS MCDUFFIE OF ROCK 
HILL, TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER FAMILY 
AND MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives was deeply saddened to learn of the recent 
passing of Mrs. Daisy Rogers McDuffie of Rock Hill at the venerable age of one 
hundred four; and

Whereas, Mrs. McDuffie, 
the second daughter of the late James and Carrie Wilson Rogers, was born on 
February 22, 1922, in Conway; and

Whereas, in preparation 
for her career, this 1940 graduate of Whittemore High School earned a 
bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1944 from what was then the 
Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College of South 
Carolina. She then served as an educator for thirty-five years; and

Whereas, in God's good 
time, Mrs. Rogers and her late husband, Mr. Dock C. McDuffie Jr., were blessed 
with three sons, Roger Kent McDuffie, Dock C. McDuffie III, and the late 
Malcolm Bernard McDuffie, who in their turn blessed their parents with 
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and

Whereas, an active 
member of her community with a lifetime of service to mankind, Mrs. McDuffie 
celebrated her one hundred fourth birthday on February 22, 2026; and

Whereas, to recognize 
Mrs. McDuffie's life and her commitment to community service, in 2024 the 
portion of Ogden Road in York County from its intersection with Heckle 
Boulevard to its intersection with Harrison Street was named "Daisy Rogers 
McDuffie Road" in her honor, with appropriate markers being erected along this 
road; and

Whereas, further honors 
have come her way. Most recently, on the occasion of South Carolina State 
University's one hundred thirtieth anniversary, Mrs. McDuffie was recognized as 
a South Carolina State alumna and a centenarian who had recently celebrated her 
one hundred fourth birthday. Other honors include a 1997 resolution from the 
South Carolina House of Representatives designating February 22 as "Daisy 
Rogers McDuffie Day"; and

Whereas, Daisy Rogers 
McDuffie leaves to cherish her memory a host of family members, friends, and 
other admirers. She 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 profound sorrow upon the passing of Daisy Rogers 
McDuffie of Rock Hill, celebrate her life, and extend the deepest sympathy to 
her family and many friends.

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

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