Biography:VERDIN, Daniel Byron III [R]--(Dist. No. 9, Greenville-Laurens Cos.)--Owner, Verdin's Farm & Garden Center; residing at 2614 Fleming Mill Rd., Laurens; b. May 9, 1964 at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, La.; s. Daniel B. Verdin, Jr. and Eloise Watts Verdin; g. Bob Jones Univ., B.A., 1986; Sept. 26, 1987 m. Kimberlee Diane Owens, 4 children, Annemarie, Daniel, Whitson, and Caroline; Agric. & Natural Resources Advisor, Gov.'s Off., 1987-89; S.C. Div. Comdr. Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1998-00; Laurens Co. Cattlemen's Assn.; Hickory Tavern Young Farmers, Mountville Grange; Joanna Lions Club; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Farm Bureau, 2006; Legislator of the Year, S.C. Veterinarians Assn., 2007; Faith Free Presbyterian Church; prev. serv. in Sen. 2001-07.