[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 120 (Monday, July 17, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1003-E1004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM W. ``HOOTIE'' JOHNSON

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 17, 2017

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on July 14, 2017, South 
Carolina lost an esteemed businessman and dedicated public servant with 
the death of William W. ``Hootie'' Johnson. He made a positive 
difference with his philanthropic efforts and I am grateful for his 
longtime service as Chairman of the Executive Committee at Bank of 
America and Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club. On Monday, July 17, 
2017, a funeral service will be conducted at Eastminster Presbyterian 
Church in Columbia, South Carolina.
  The following thoughtful obituary was appropriately published in The 
State on July 15, 2017:

       Mr. Johnson died Friday, July 14, 2017, at the age of 86. 
     Hootie Johnson was a former chairman of the Executive 
     Committee of Bank of America's Board of Directors. He had 
     also served on the Boards of Directors of Alltel Corporation, 
     Duke Energy Corporation, Liberty Corporation and Stephens, 
     Inc. He was the husband of Pierrine Baker Johnson and was a 
     son of the late Dewey H. and Mabel Woodward Johnson. He was 
     born in Augusta, Georgia. Mr. Johnson held a B.S. degree in 
     business administration from the University of South Carolina 
     as well as an Honorary Doctor of Law degree. Honorary Doctor 
     of Humanities degrees were also conferred upon him by the 
     Medical University of South Carolina and Lander University. 
     He served as chairman of both the South Carolina Ports 
     Authority and the South Carolina Research Authority, as well 
     as a member of The South Carolina State Development Board. 
     Mr. Johnson also served as chairman of the Committee to 
     Develop a Plan of Desegregation of the National Urban League. 
     He was a Laureate of the South Carolina Business Hall of 
     Fame. The State newspaper named Mr. Johnson as one of South 
     Carolina's 15 most influential business leaders of the 20th 
     Century. Mr. Johnson, an independent, was active in politics 
     serving as finance chairman for Governor Robert McNair, 
     Governor Carroll Campbell, Governor David Beasley, Senator 
     Strom Thurmond, Senator Bob Dole and President George H.W. 
     Bush. Mr. Johnson was chairman of Augusta National Golf Club 
     and chairman of the Masters Tournament from 1998-2006 and 
     chairman emeritus from 2006-present. He held memberships in 
     Biltmore Forest Country Club, Forest Lake Club, the Palmetto 
     Club, the Flamenco Club and the Centurion Club. Memorials may 
     be made to the USC Moore School of Business. Dunbar Funeral 
     Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family. In 
     addition to his wife, Pierrine, Mr. Johnson is survived by 
     daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and Chuck Todd, and Marie 
     and John Fairey, all of Columbia, Sally and Ronnie Wrenn of 
     Charlotte, and Jane and Dan Breeden of Spartanburg; 
     grandchildren, Charlie Todd, Pierrine Todd Thomas, John 
     Fairey, Jr., Harriett Fairey Gilmer, William Fairey, Holt 
     Wrenn, Sarah Wrenn, Mary Breeden, Sally Breeden and Anne 
     Breeden Pitt; great-granddaughters, Louise Thomas, Mabel 
     Marie Gilmer, Florence Elizabeth Wrenn and Elsie Fairey; 
     great-grandsons, Robert Gilmer, John Gilmer, John Fairey III, 
     Willard Fairey, Gage Fairey, William Thomas, Charles Todd IV 
     and Dewey Wrenn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded 
     in death

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     by his sister, Dorothy Ellington, and his brother, D. 
     Wellsman Johnson.

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