COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.78
(By Delegates Eldridge, Barker, Hartman,
Sponaugle, Lynch and Campbell)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-37/2-3.40 (22A125) crossing Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, as the “U.S. Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge.”
Whereas, Cornelious Wiley was born May 24, 1921, in Ranger, Lincoln County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Cornelious Wiley served in the Army 80th Division, 905th Field Artillery Battalion; and
Whereas, Cornelious Wiley died serving his country on September 1, 1944; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Cornelious Wiley’s life and service by naming the bridge at the mouth of Barberry Road after him; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-37/2-3.40 (22A125) crossing Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, as the “U.S. Army PFC Cornelious Wiley 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 PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge”; and, be it Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation; and Cornelious Wiley’s surviving relatives.