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2025-2026 Bill 1145 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 23, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1145

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE Jack Merritt Edwards ON THE OCCASION 
OF HIS one hundredth BIRTHDAY AND TO WISH HIM A JOYOUS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND 
MUCH HAPPINESS IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina Senate are pleased to learn that Jack Merritt Edwards celebrated 
this important milestone on April 11, 2026; and

Whereas, a native of Sumter, 
Mr. Edwards was born on April 11, 1926, to parents James Merritt and Georgia 
Anna Edwards. He is a 1944 graduate of Kingstree High School and an alumnus of The 
Citadel; and

Whereas, a veteran of 
the United States Navy, Mr. Edwards began his service as a Radioman First Class 
in the Pacific Theater in 1944 and served for one year in Kobe, Japan after the 
Japanese surrender in 1945; and

Whereas, after his 
military service and graduation from the Citadel, Mr. Edwards began his career 
in real estate. He owned Edwards Insurance and Real Estate, retiring at the age 
of eighty-one; and

Whereas, a civic 
leader, Mr. Edwards has served with many community organizations, including the 
Kingstree Town Council, the Williamsburg County School Board, Kingstree Kiwanis 
and Rotary Clubs as past president, Rotary International as a Paul Harris 
Fellow, and the South Carolina Independent Insurance Agents Association as past 
president. Additionally, he served on the Board of Visitors of Francis Marion 
University, The Exchange Bank of South Carolina Board, and First Citizens Bank 
of South Carolina Board; and

Whereas, a devout 
Christian, he is a lifelong member of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, where 
he served as an elder, choir member, and Sunday school teacher; and

Whereas, Mr. Edwards was 
married to the late Julia Puckett Edwards, and together, they had two children; 
and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Senate takes great pleasure in honoring this son of South Carolina at 
the celebration of his one hundredth birthday and is pleased to join with his 
family and friends in congratulating him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the 
South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 
congratulate Jack Merritt Edwards on the occasion of his hundredth birthday and 
wish him a joyous birthday celebration and much happiness in the days ahead.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Jack Merritt Edwards.

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