HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 55

(By Delegates Barker, Butcher,

R. Phillips and Rodighiero)

Requesting that bridge number 3-119/10-0.04 on County Route 119/10 at mile marker 0.04 at Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia be named the “PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. Memorial Bridge.”

    Whereas, PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett was born to Ottie Bennett and Chloe Bennett and was raised in Greenview, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett entered the United States Army in 1951, served as an advance scout and was killed in action in the Korean War on October 3, 1951; and

    Whereas, PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett was awarded the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal and the Rifleman’s Medal; and

    Whereas, PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett died leaving a widow, Mary Lou Browning and a son, Bobbie Ray Bennett; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr., also from Greenview, West Virginia, was born on July 1, 1931 to Oliver Ball, Sr. And Myrtle Ball; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. entered the United States Army and died while serving in Korea during the Korean War; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. was awarded the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal and the Rifleman’s Medal; and 

    Whereas, PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. served their country with honor and distinction and gave the ultimate sacrifice; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 3-119/10-0.04 on County Route 119/10 at mile marker 0.04 at Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia be named the “PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge the “PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and the families of PVT. Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr.