South Carolina H 5429: Anthony Harris sympathy

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2025-2026 Bill 5429 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 26, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5429

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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 DR. ANTHONY "TONY" E. HARRIS OF AIKEN COUNTY AND TO EXTEND 
THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LARGE AND LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives were saddened to learn of the death 
of Dr. Anthony "Tony" E. Harris at the age of eighty-one on May 29, 2025; and

Whereas, born in Columbus, 
Ohio on June 1, 1943, he was the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Edwin 
Harris. He was reared in Rochester, Minnesota, where his father was a 
pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic, and it was his father's example that inspired Dr. 
Harris to become a physician; and

Whereas, he enjoyed his 
childhood fishing and canoeing on the lakes of Minnesota, pheasant shooting in 
South Dakota, and playing football, basketball, ice hockey, and golf in high 
school. He shared his loving home with three siblings, Cynthia Harris Waymouth, 
Winston Mayhew, and the late Geoffrey Scott Harris; and

Whereas, Dr. Harris 
graduated from Denison University in 1965 where he was a member of Phi Delta 
Theta fraternity and earned a medical degree from Bowman Gray School of 
Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1969. In that same year, he met his wife-to-be, 
Sandy Mayhew, whom he married on July 11, 1970; and

Whereas, after serving 
his country with distinction as a doctor in the United States Airforce, 
completing his ENT residency program, and teaching academic medicine at the 
Medical College of Virginia and Johns Hopkins, Dr. Harris settled into private 
practice in South Carolina and in 1990 made Aiken his permanent home; and

Whereas, dedicated to 
his neighbors and his community, Dr. Harris enjoyed being a member of Aiken 
Rotary and Palmetto Golf Club, riding his Harley Davidson, and creating model 
railroads; and

Whereas, an active and 
faithful member of All Saints Anglican Church, he sang in the choir and was a 
member of the Order of the Knights Templar. He loved traveling to Europe with his 
wife and spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, most 
often on beach vacations and holidays in England. His life's purpose, above all, 
was taking care of his patients, which he did to the very end. He lived a full 
life and will be greatly missed; and

Whereas, together with his 
beloved wife, Sandra "Sandy" Mayhew Harris, he reared two fine children, 
Elizabeth "Lisa" Harris Schunter (Paul) of Surrey, England, and Michelle Harris 
Dennis (Patrick) of Columbia. His children blessed him with the affection of 
three loving grandchildren: Abigail Elizabeth Schunter, Andrew Harris Schunter, 
and Anna Margaret Dennis; and

Whereas, the members of 
the South Carolina House of Representatives are grateful for the life and 
legacy of Dr. Anthony "Tony" E. Harris and for the example of service and dedication 
he set for all who knew him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, express their profound sorrow upon the passing of Dr. 
Anthony "Tony" E. Harris of Aiken County and extend their deepest sympathy to 
his large and loving family and his many friends.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Dr. Anthony "Tony" 
E. Harris.

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