April 24, 2021 GMT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina has honored the state’s first African American game warden by naming a stretch of highway in his honor.
U.S. Highway 378 from U.S. 601 to the Wateree River is now known as the “Lieutenant Ulysses Flemming Memorial Highway,” the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said.
Flemming joined the wildlife agency in 1970 as its first Black game warden. He primarily worked in Richland County, enforcing boating, fish and game laws on the Congaree and Wateree rivers, the agency said in a news release.
Flemming rose to the rank of lieutenant and was in charge of five Midlands counties when he retired in 2009. He died five years later and was inducted into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame.
Updated: 9:31 PM EDT April 20, 2021
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. On Wednesday, the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) unveiled new name signs on a 2-mile stretch of highway in Richland County in honor of Lt. Ulysses Flemming, the first African-American game warden hired by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR).
The portion of Garners Ferry Road from Highway 601 to the Wateree River is now known as the “Lieutenant Ulysses Flemming Memorial Highway.”
Officials with SCDNR say Flemming joined the state wildlife agency in 1970 as the first African-American game warden and was assigned to Richland County, where he primarily worked on the Wateree and Congaree rivers enforcing fish, game, and boating laws. Flemming retired in 2009.