Bill Text: WV SCR34 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: US Army SPC Julian Lee Berisford Memorial Bridge

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-09 - House Message received [SCR34 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2019-SCR34-Comm_Sub.html

Committee Substitute

for

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 34

(By Senators Maroney, Stollings, Baldwin, Beach, Plymale, and Boso)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Reported February 27, 2019]

 

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 26-2/26-0.13 (26A095), locally known as the Sixth Street Bridge, carrying Sixth Street over West Virginia Route 2 and U.S. Route 250 in Marshall County, the “U.S. Army SPC Julian Lee Berisford Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Julian Lee Guthrie Berisford was born in Wheeling on June 13, 1984, to Shelley Guthrie and Julie Berisford, of Moundsville, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Julian Lee Berisford graduated from John Marshall High School in 2002, and studied Parks and Recreation at West Liberty State College; and

Whereas, Julian Lee Berisford was known to his friends and family as someone who was good to be around, ready with a joke or a friendly gesture, and was a fan of fishing and the West Virginia Mountaineers; and

Whereas, Julian Lee Berisford enlisted in the United States Army in 2007 and, after successfully completing paratrooper school, was assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne), stationed in Fort Richardson, Alaska, with the rank of Specialist; and

Whereas, During that time, Julian Lee Berisford had also fallen in love with, and became engaged to, Gina Marie Yankovich, whom he married on December 31, 2007, and in November of the following year they had a daughter, Mya; and

Whereas, SPC Julian Lee Berisford was subsequently deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom; and

Whereas, After serving many months in Afghanistan, SPC Julian Lee Berisford was granted leave and scheduled to come home for a visit to celebrate his daughter’s first birthday; however, before the scheduled date of his leave, his team set out on another mission where they came under hostile fire during their patrol, and SPC Julian Lee Berisford was killed in action on November 4, 2009; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate SPC Julian Lee Berisford and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 26-2/26-0.13 (26A095), locally known as the Sixth Street Bridge, carrying Sixth Street over West Virginia Route 2 and U.S. Route 250 in Marshall County, the “U.S. Army SPC Julian Lee Berisford 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. Army SPC Julian Lee Berisford Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.

 

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