HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10

(By Delegate Hartman, N. Brown, Boggs, C. Thompson and Sponaugle)

[Introduced January 15, 2020]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 42-25-21.84 (42SS028), locally known as the Hart Chapel Bridge, carrying County Route 25 over Laurel Fork at the forks of Chenoweth Creek Road and Evans Road near the Hart Chapel Church near Elkins in Randolph County, the “Robert ‘Glen’ Schoonover Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Robert “Glen” Schoonover was born on November 30, 1927, and died on November 1, 2017. He was born and raised at the head of Chenoweth Creek Road in Elkins, Randolph County. He and his wife Arbutus Schoonover were married 70 years as of January 5, 2017. They were the parents of six children whom they raised on Chenoweth Creek Road. Glen worked at various jobs over the years but spent the longest time and retired from the West Virginia Division of Highways bridge crew as a foreman. His time with the bridge department included the district covering two different territories. He worked in many of the counties surrounding Randolph County in areas such as Burlington, Webster Springs, and Marlinton. He was employed during the Great Flood of 1985 that damaged or destroyed many of the bridges in his district, requiring him to put in long days and six and seven-day work weeks to declare bridges safe or to get bridges back to a safe status for use. Over the years he would place a penny in the completed bridge project that showed what year the bridge was done. It became his and his crew’s “trademark” of sorts. This bridge to be named is less than a mile from the Schoonover Home where his 89-year-old wife still resides and which his children, grandchildren, close relatives and friends pass over frequently; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Robert “Glen” Schoonover and his contributions to our state and his community; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 42-25-21.84 (42SS028), locally known as the Hart Chapel Bridge, carrying County Route 25 over Laurel Fork at the forks of Chenoweth Creek Road and Evans Road near the Hart Chapel Church near Elkins in Randolph County, the “Robert ‘Glen’ Schoonover 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 “Robert ‘Glen’ Schoonover 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.