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2025-2026 Bill 4035 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 19, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4035

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR AMANDA BENFIELD, PRESIDENT 
AND CEO OF THE LAURENS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UPON THE OCCASION OF HER 
RETIREMENT AFTER YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED 
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives has learned that Amanda Benfield will begin 
a well-deserved retirement after years of exemplary service to Laurens County, 
the last of which have been as a distinguished and highly regarded leader of 
the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce; and 

Whereas, a native of 
Laurens County, she explored the outdoors in her formative years, protected by 
two white, fluffy security guards, the family dogs, Patty and Jake. Amanda was 
baptized and grew up attending Warrior Creek Baptist Church, where she still 
enjoys visiting and singing the hymns of old during the annual family reunion; 
and

Whereas, when she and 
her brother, Mason, moved into town with their mother, she attended Laurens 
District 55 High School, where she developed a passion for creative design and 
painting. Ms. Benfield expanded her creative and interpersonal skills after 
high school at Greenville Technical College where she earned an associate of 
arts degree and at the University of South Carolina Upstate where she earned a 
bachelor's degree in business administration; and

Whereas, in 2007, she 
began using her talents in the world of small business as owner and operator of

Pixie Dust Children's Boutique in downtown 
Laurens. She used her creativity in the retail world with the aid of her 
children, either in a carrier or dressed in the most appropriate Southern 
JohnJohn; and

Whereas, Ms. Benfield's 
work as an entrepreneur was recognized with the 2008 Inspiration Award Master 
Merchant of the Year presented by the Municipal Association of South Carolina; 
the 2008-2009 Master Merchant of the Year presented by Main Street Laurens; the 
2009 Small Business of the Quarter, First Quarter, and the 2010 Robert M. Vance 
Small Business of the Year Award, both presented by Laurens County Chamber of 
Commerce; and

Whereas, in 2010, Ms. 
Benfield became the communications and marketing specialist for the Laurens 
County Chamber of Commerce. Her work involved actively engaging over four hundred 
member businesses through marketing and events, developing a silent auction at 
the annual oyster roast, designing and implementing the Laurens County Chamber 
of Commerce store to sell shirts and other promotional items, and developing an 
innovative two-day retreat for the Leadership Laurens County program, of which 
she was a 2012 graduate; and

Whereas, in 2015, she 
was appointed executive director of United Way of Laurens County, where she was 
instrumental in increasing United Way pledges by twenty percent and increasing 
events revenue by sixty-eight percent. In 2017, she returned to the chamber 
world as its president and CEO, where she has successfully led it to its 
current state as a thriving entity; and

Whereas, Ms. Benfield 
has been honored with the 2017 Boy Scouts of America Blue Ridge Council Citizen 
of the Year, 2022 graduate of the South Carolina Economic Developers' 
Association Institute program, and 2024 graduate of the United States Chamber 
of Commerce Institute for Organization Management program. She was a Rotarian 
and elder at First Presbyterian Church in Laurens; and

Whereas, she plans to 
spend many happy hours of retirement with her husband, Justin Benfield; two 
sons, Reese and Trent; and two stepdaughters, Maddie and Greyson. She wants to 
enjoy her passions of painting, hiking, biking, fishing, being a crime junkie, 
shopping, and traveling with them while continuing to make a positive and 
lasting impact on the Fountian Inn community. 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 Amanda Benfield, 
president and CEO of the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce, upon the occasion 
of her retirement after years of outstanding service, and wish her continued 
success and happiness in all her future endeavors.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution 
be presented to Amanda Benfield.

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