[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1904-E1905]
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                  SOUTH CAROLINA ENDURES TRAGIC LOSSES

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2005

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, September 
14, 2005, the people of South Carolina endured a tragic loss in an auto 
accident killing Circuit Judge Marc Westbrook and his law clerk, 
Randall Davis, Jr. The following obituaries are from The State 
newspaper of Columbia, South Carolina, on September 16, 2005. South 
Carolina will always cherish their memories.


                        Judge Marc H. Westbrook

       Services for Judge Marc H. Westbrook, 58, of West Columbia, 
     South Carolina, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 18, 
     2005, at Springdale Baptist Church, officiated by

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     Rev. Tommy McGill. Burial will follow in Southland Memorial 
     Gardens. Former law clerks who served with Judge Westbrook 
     will act as pallbearers including Kelly Shull Cannon, Sara 
     Cobb, Eric Dell, John Frick, Cary Goings, Tasha Stringer 
     Grinnell, Carson M. Henderson, Candace Jackson, Brian 
     Jeffcoat, Lynn Seithel Jekel, Michelle Lupton, Ervin Maye, 
     Daun Steigner, Jane Waters and Alan Wilson. Members of the 
     South Carolina Judiciary will serve as honorary pallbearers. 
     The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, 
     September 17, at Lexington County Judicial Center, 205 E. 
     Main St., Lexington. Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington is 
     handling arrangements.
       Memorials may be made to Springdale Baptist Church, 357 
     Wattling Road, West Columbia, SC 29169.
       Judge Westbrook died Wednesday, September 14, 2005. He was 
     born on October 3, 1946, in Charleston, South Carolina, to 
     T.H. Westbrook and the late Margaret Virginia Wynn Westbrook. 
     Judge Westbrook was graduated from T.L. Hanna High School in 
     Anderson in 1964, Anderson Junior College in 1966, the 
     University of South Carolina in 1969, and the University of 
     South Carolina School of Law in 1973. He was active in 
     numerous activities in undergraduate school, and in law 
     school he participated in the National Moot Court 
     Competition.
       He was in private practice from 1973-1983. During that 
     time, he was active in local community affairs. He served as 
     President of the Heart Association; P.T.A. President and 
     Executive Committeeman; Director for the Council on Child 
     Abuse and Neglect; and President and coach for Dixie Youth 
     and Dixie Boys Baseball.
       Judge Westbrook was a charter member of the West Metro 
     Rotary Club, and former member of the Jaycees, Lions' Club, 
     Sertoma, Woodmen of the World, and the Masons. He also served 
     on the Central Midlands Regional Planning Council; the 
     Governor's Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; 
     the Lexington County Hospital Advisory Board; the Anderson 
     College Board of Directors; and was an Anderson College 
     Distinguished Young Alumnus.
       Judge Westbrook was chairman of the Chief Justice's 
     Committee on Circuit Court Technology and the High School 
     Mock Trial sub-committee for the South Carolina Bar. He was a 
     member of the Joint Commission on ADR (1997-2003), presided 
     over Lexington County Drug Court, and served as chairman of 
     the Planning Committee for the Lexington County Judicial 
     Center Building Project.
       Judge Westbrook was a member of Springdale Baptist Church 
     since 1973. During that time he had served as a Deacon and 
     was currently serving as the church's interim Music Director. 
     Judge Westbrook also served as Music Director for several 
     other local churches. He participated with the Lexington 
     Baptist Association as Music Director and as a member of the 
     Executive Committee, and was a former member of the Palmetto 
     Mastersingers.
       Prior to taking the bench, Judge Westbrook was elected in 
     1976 as the youngest member of Lexington County Council, and 
     is still the youngest person to serve as Chairman of that 
     body. In 1978, he was elected to the South Carolina House of 
     Representatives from Lexington County, where he served until 
     his appointment as a Family Court Judge in 1983. Judge 
     Westbrook was elected to the Circuit Court in 1994. On 
     February 22, 2005, the main courtroom in the newly 
     constructed Lexington County Judicial Center was named in 
     honor of Judge Westbrook.
       Surviving, in addition to his father, T.H. Westbrook of 
     Cayce, are his wife, Linda Lawhon Westbrook of West Columbia; 
     sons and daughter-in-law, Thad H. and Christy Westbrook of 
     Irmo, Richard N. Westbrook of Hilton Head Island; sisters and 
     brothers-in-law, Dottie W. and Mark Luyster of Lexington, 
     Anna W. and Cotton McLeod of West Columbia; brothers and 
     sisters-in-law, The Rev. Dr. Charles Norris and Jane 
     Westbrook, currently of Thailand, Neal Randal and Laura 
     Westbrook of Asheville, NC; granddaughter, Abigail Caroline 
     Westbrook; a number of nieces and nephews; and several great 
     nieces and nephews. Judge Westbrook was predeceased by a 
     brother, James Timothy Westbrook.


                           Randall Davis, Jr.

       Services for James Randall Davis, Jr., 27, of Lexington, 
     SC, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2005, 
     at St. Peter's Catholic Church, officiated by Msgr. Leigh A. 
     Lehocky. Burial will follow in Woodridge Memorial Park. 
     Pallbearers will be James E. Barfield, Nikki G. Setzler, 
     Timothy G. Driggers, Erik Hoffman, Matt McMahon and Eric 
     Shell. Honorary pallbearers will be George S. Nicholson, Jr., 
     Patrick J. Frawley, Jeff M. Anderson, Carey M. Ayer, John F. 
     Fisher, Judith Callison Fisher, Lisa Lee Smith and John J. 
     McCauley. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. 
     Friday at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. Memorials may 
     be made to St. Peter's Catholic Church Parish Life Center; 
     the American Heart Association; or to the University of South 
     Carolina Law School Scholarship Fund.
       Mr. Davis died Wednesday, September 14, 2005. Born in 
     Columbia, SC, he was the son of James Randall Davis, Sr. and 
     the late Anita Eleanor Kozlowski Davis. He was a graduate of 
     Lexington High School and the University of South Carolina. 
     Mr. Davis was a third year law student at Thomas Cooley Law 
     School in Michigan. He was a law clerk for Circuit Judge Marc 
     Westbrook, the Nicholson Law Firm in Lexington, and the 
     Nexsen-Pruet Law Firm in Charleston. Mr. Davis served as a 
     page for four years in the S.C. Senate for Senator Nikki 
     Setzler. He also worked for the National Advocacy Center in 
     Columbia. Mr. Davis was a member of St. Peter's Catholic 
     Church.
       Randall loved his family and was especially devoted to his 
     grandparents. He enjoyed the beach and dearly loved his 
     animals. He always had a smile for everyone he met.
       Surviving, in addition to his father, Randy Davis of 
     Lexington, are his sister, Julie Davis of Lexington; maternal 
     grandmother, Louise Kozlowski of Springdale; uncles and 
     aunts, Terry and Susan Darby, Kenneth and Chris Davis; 
     cousins, Claire Darby, Elizabeth and Kenny Davis; and 
     numerous relatives in South Carolina, New York, and Germany. 
     Mr. Davis was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, 
     Kenneth L. and Mildred C. Davis; and his maternal 
     grandfather, Stanley V. Kozlowski.

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