SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 47

(By Senators Maynard, Stollings, Lindsay, Unger, and Jeffries)

[Introduced March 22, 2021]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 50-052/00-030.52 (50A087), locally known as Nursery Gap Bridge, carrying US 52 over Mill Creek in Wayne County, the “U.S. Navy HM3 Roy Elmer ‘Doody’ Moon Bridge”.

Whereas, Roy Elmer Moon was born on July 2, 1945, in Cove Gap, Wayne County, the son of Jim and Sylvia Moon; and

Whereas, Roy Elmer Moon attended Wayne High School, where he played football and from which he was graduated in 1963; and

Whereas, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon entered the U.S. Navy, became a medic, and was sent to Vietnam where he was attached to a U.S. Marine Corps unit; and

Whereas, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon, for his courage, bravery, and dedication to duty during an action in Vietnam, was awarded the Bronze Star. Marines and sailors with whom he served have stated about HM3 Roy Elmer “Doody” Moon that he was everything from “the bravest man I know” to “he never thought of his own safety, the injured came first”. All who attended a unit reunion had praise for HM3 Roy Elmer Moon. Some said they would not be alive today if it had not been for him. The platoon leader stated that he worried that the new medic would not be as capable to do the job of their former medic, but that “Doody” more than filled the shoes left by the former medic; and

Whereas, After receiving an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy on August 8, 1971, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon returned to civilian life in Wayne County and served his community; and

Whereas, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon married Nancy Moon and they had one son, Christopher Moon; and

Whereas, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon worked for many years at Ashland Oil (now Marathon Oil) from where he is now retired; and

Whereas, HM3 Roy Elmer Moon has contributed to the Wayne County community, including serving as a member and as past chairman of the Board of the Wayne County Solid Waste Authority; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to recognize U.S. Navy HM3 Roy Elmer Moon 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 50-052/00-030.52 (50A087), locally known as Nursery Gap Bridge, carrying US 52 over Mill Creek in Wayne County, the “U.S. Navy HM3 Roy Elmer ‘Doody’ Moon 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. Navy HM3 Roy Elmer ‘Doody’ Moon 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.