South Carolina H 3904: Kenneth Singleton

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2025-2026 Bill 3904 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 11, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3904

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A house RESOLUTION

to recognize and honor Kenneth Singleton for his 
dedicated community service and to congratulate him for the significant 
contributions of Singleton's Barbershop to his community. 

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is grateful for Kenneth 
Singleton, a native of Beaufort, and for the leadership, mentorship, and life 
skills that he has imparted to so many citizens of Beaufort; and

Whereas, formerly, Mr. 
Singleton owned and operated Ladies and Gentlemen Preferred Clothing Store and 
Singleton's Gold Cab Company, and he served as a bail bondsman; and

Whereas, for more than 
five and a half decades, Mr. Singleton has employed over one hundred fifty 
youth and adults in the Beaufort community, as the owner and operator of 
Singleton's Barbershop and Mr. Ken's Unisex Salon; and

Whereas, he mentored 
his cousin, Larry Schepper, Beaufort's tennis coach and multichampion of the 
Beaufort Water Festival. As a result of that mentorship, he was the person behind 
the scenes who helped to make it possible for many high school students to 
receive college scholarships in tennis to prestigious schools. In addition, he 
continues to encourage and gives advice to Dee Delaney of the Tampa Bay 
Buccaneers, a football player in the National Football League; and

Whereas, Singleton's 
Barbershop started in the year 1943 when Henry Singleton, the father of Ken 
Singleton, rented a small space of the cinder-block building located at 815 
Charles Street in Beaufort to start a two-chair barbering business. Included in 
the building was a shoe shop, and on the other side of the wall in the middle 
of the building was Ms. Catherine Green's kindergarten that schooled up to fifteen 
children; and

Whereas, today this 
building is the oldest Black-owned business in Beaufort, and it has served and 
continues to serve as the meeting place for mentoring young men and boys about 
good grooming, good manners, and etiquette, but it also has a history of the 
developing and producing community leaders and professional athletes; and

Whereas, the business 
in that building has employed youth, physically challenged members of the 
community, and single parents alike in its eighty-one year history, and it has 
become the feeding ground where patrons can discuss politics, religion, sports, 
and community issues; and

Whereas, Singleton's 
Barbershop now employs four barbers, one of whom is Kenneth Singleton Jr. This 
cinder block building has meant so much to the community under the leadership 
and vision of Kenneth Singleton; and 

Whereas, a faithful 
member of Grace Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Beaufort, Mr. 
Singleton is always charitable and willing to give a helping hand and 
employment to those in need in his community, especially children of single 
parents, who want to acquire a strong work ethic and learn financial 
responsibility; and

Whereas, Mr. Singleton's 
favorite Scripture is found in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He 
gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish 
but have everlasting life." He attributes the longevity of his success in 
business to his mottos: "Become relevant," "Always give back," "Never give up," 
and "Always remember that God is in charge." Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize 
and honor Kenneth Singleton for his dedication to community service and 
congratulate him for the significant contributions of Singleton's Barbershop to 
his community.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Kenneth Singleton.

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