South Carolina H 5190: Officer Robert McFadden Memorial Street

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2025-2026 Bill 5190 Text of Previous Version (May. 12, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5190

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Recalled

May 12, 2026

H. 5190

Introduced 
by Reps. Pope, Guffey, King, Ligon, Martin, Moss, Sessions and Terribile

S. Printed 5/12/26--S.

Read the first time March 10, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE 
PORTION OF SALUDA STREET IN THE CITY OF ROCK HILL IN YORK COUNTY FROM THE 
INTERSECTION OF JOHNSTON STREET TO ALBRIGHT ROAD "OFFICER ROBERT MORRIS 
MCFADDEN MEMORIAL STREET" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS 
LOCATION CONTAINING THESE WORDS.

Whereas, Robert Morris 
McFadden was born on May 12, 1896, in Lewisville, the son of Robert Clark 
McFadden and Martha Rebecca Ferguson McFadden. He grew up on the family farm 
with six brothers and two sisters. In 1920, McFadden was working as a weaver in 
the cotton mill in Rockingham, North Carolina, when he married Carrie Lee 
McCoy, in Union County, North Carolina; and

Whereas, he joined the 
United States Army on May 2, 1917, and served as a sergeant in the 118th 
Infantry, 30th Division during World War I. Sergeant McFadden was discharged on 
March 31, 1919; and

Whereas, Robert 
McFadden joined the Rock Hill Police Department in 1923. He later was assigned 
as a motorcycle officer; and

Whereas, on November 3, 
1933, at around 10:30 a.m., responding to a report of an accident on the 
Chester Highway, Officer McFadden along with two other officers were involved 
in a fatal automobile accident that took his life; and 

Whereas, funeral 
services for Officer Robert M. McFadden were held on November 5, at the 
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. A crowd of thousands including city 
officials, friends, and law enforcement and military comrades gathered in the 
cold rain to pay their final respects to the fallen officer. American Legion 
and National Guard members laid Officer McFadden to rest with full military 
honors in the Legion Plot of Laurelwood Cemetery. Company I fired three volleys 
in salute and a bugler sounded Taps to conclude the ceremony. Officer McFadden 
was survived by his wife, Carrie McCoy McFadden, their son, O'Neal, four 
brothers and two sisters; and

Whereas, Officer Robert 
M. McFadden was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement

Officers Hall of Fame in 2020, never to be 
forgotten; and

Whereas, it would be 
fitting and proper to name a portion of Saluda Street in the City of Rock Hill 
in honor of this fallen law enforcement officer. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, 
the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South Carolina General 
Assembly, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation name the 
portion of Saluda Street in the City of Rock Hill in York County from the 
intersection of Johnston Street to Albright Road "Officer Robert M. McFadden 
Memorial Street" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this location 
containing these words.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this 
resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.

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