SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2

(By Senators Phillips, Jeffries, Stollings, Lindsay, and Caputo)

[Introduced January 12, 2022]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 23-10/7-0.01(23A048), locally known as the Gillman Bottom Bridge, carrying CR 10/7 over Huff Creek in Logan County the “John B. Short Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, John B. Short was born in 1923, the son of LeRoy and Linda Jackson Short of Davin, West Virginia.  He was a graduate of Man High School in 1942 and enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943, where he served until 1946; and

Whereas, After completing electrician training in Michigan, John B. Short returned to West Virginia and married Ruby K. Nunley. They had seven children; and

Whereas, John B. Short worked as Chief Electrician with Pittston Coal Company until he retired in 1986; and

Whereas, John B. Short was an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman; and

Whereas, John B. Short passed away in 2008; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate John B. Short and his contributions to his community; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 23-10/7-0.01(23A048), locally known as the Gillman Bottom Bridge, carrying CR 10/7 over Huff Creek in Logan County, the “John B. Short 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 “John B. Short Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

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