HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 63

(By Delegates Hunt and Manchin)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 20-79/6 000.01 in Sharon, Kanawha County, as the “Army SPC Gary Wayne Hudnall Memorial Bridge.”

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall was born July 6, 1950, in Crown Hill, Kanawha County; and

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall was the husband to Carol; father to Shawn, Gregory and Nicole; and “pawpaw” to seven grandchildren; and

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall served in the military as a paratrooper in the Army 82nd Airborne in Fort Bragg, N.C., and the Army 101st Airborne in Vietnam; and

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall was awarded the distinguished Vietnam Service Medal and the Bronze Star for his service during Vietnam, and was honorably discharged as a specialist first class; and

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall’s civilian career included over thirty years with the U.S. Postal Service, and working as an electrician in coal mines; and

    Whereas, SPC Hudnall was a proud member of the United Mine Workers of America for thirteen years, including several as president of Local 9051; and

    Whereas, It is fitting to honor SPC Hudnall by naming bridge number 20-79/6 000.01 in Sharon, Kanawha County, 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 20-79/6 000.01 in Sharon, Kanawha County, as the “Army SPC Gary Wayne Hudnall 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 “Army SPC Gary Wayne Hudnall 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 SPC Hudnall’s surviving relatives.