South Carolina H 3679: Kimberly Frederick House Condolence Resolution

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2025-2026 Bill 3679 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 15, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3679

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A house RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE 
PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
UPON THE PASSING OF KIMBERLY HOLMES FREDERICK OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY AND TO 
EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HER MANY 
FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of 
the passing of Kimberly Holmes Frederick at the age of fifty on Sunday, 
December 15, 2024; and

Whereas, born in Columbia 
on April 7, 1974, she was the daughter of William Judson Holmes Sr. and Claire 
Kay Sutton Holmes; and

Whereas, in 1991, tragedy 
struck when Kim's beloved grandmother, Claire Keister Sutton, was assaulted and 
died from her injuries. This horrific event and the family's experience with 
the criminal justice system afterward served as a catalyst to propel her to 
become involved in and later become a champion of victims' rights; and

Whereas, Kim went on to 
earn bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from the University of 
South Carolina, and never gave up the fight to keep her grandmother's killer 
incarcerated; and

Whereas, after 
graduation, she became a program coordinator for the SC Criminal Justice 
Academy in Columbia. While working there to improve the quality of South 
Carolina law enforcement, she met the love of her life, Mike Frederick, a 
Myrtle Beach area police captain serving on a committee at the Academy in 
1998. They married in 2000, and were blessed with two daughters, Olivia (2004) 
and Cameron (2007). She spent seven years as a dedicated and active 
stay-at-home mother, continuing to volunteer for victims' causes; and

Whereas, in 2014, 
Governor Nikki Haley appointed Kim Frederick to the SC Board of Juvenile 
Parole, where she became chairperson. Governor Henry McMaster then appointed 
her in 2017 to serve on the Board of Paroles and Pardons and again for a 
subsequent term beginning in 2023; and

Whereas, deeply 
involved in serving her State and community on multiple fronts, she always 
maintained her grace and genuine sense of caring for everyone she met; and

Whereas, Kim leaves to 
cherish her memory her husband of twenty-four years, Mike Frederick; her two 
beautiful daughters, Olivia Karoline Frederick and Cameron Lucille Frederick; 
and a loving extended family, including sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, 
and nephews; and

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for the life and legacy of Kim 
Frederick and for the example she set for all who knew her. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, 
express the profound sorrow upon the passing of Kimberly Holmes Frederick of 
Georgetown County and extend their deepest sympathy to her large and loving 
family and her many friends.

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

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