Bill Text: WV HCR20 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

West Virginia House Concurrent Resolution 20 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: PFC Charles Everett Hurd Memorial Bridge

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - House Message received [HCR20 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2019-HCR20-Amended.html

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 20

(By Delegate Westfall, Atkinson, Criss, Hollen, Cadle, Storch, Mandt, Kelly, D., McGeehan, Miller, and Higginbotham)

[Introduced January 21, 2019]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 18-13-0-.12, near Sandyville in Jackson County, locally known as the Sandyville Bridge, the “U.S. Marine Corps PFC Charles Everett Hurd Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Charles Everett Hurd was born November 12, 1946, in Sandyville, Jackson County, West Virginia, the son of Verner P. Hurd and Myrtle E. Hurd; and

Whereas, Charles Everett Hurd enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps on September 2, 1964; and

Whereas, Private First-Class Charles Everette Hurd served with the Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force; and

Whereas, Private First-Class Charles Everette Hurd gave his life for his country at Phu Bai in Thua, Thien Province, Vietnam on August 3, 1966; and

Whereas, Private First-Class Charles Everette Hurd was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Medal, and the Vietnam Service and Campaign Medals; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 18-13-0-.12, near Sandyville in Jackson County, locally known as the Sandyville Bridge, the “U.S. Marine Corps PFC Charles Everett Hurd Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U.S. Marine Corps PFC Charles Everett Hurd Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.