HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 71

(By Delegates Rodighiero, Hicks, Marcum and Eldridge)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the portion of West Virginia Route 10 in Logan County, from latitude 37.952 and longitude -82.013, near the Chafin Bridge, to latitude 37.942 and longitude -82.016, near Godby Bottom Road, the "Thomas Owen Perry Sr. Highway."

            Whereas, Thomas Owen Perry Sr. was a Quartermaster of VFW Post 6153, a member of American Legion Post 103, Commander of DAV Post 103, a veteran of the Vietnam War and a 32^nd Degree Mason; and

            Whereas, It is fitting that Thomas Owen Perry Sr. be memorialized in the area where he lived; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Legislature:

            That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name the portion of West Virginia Route 10 in Logan County, from latitude 37.952 and longitude -82.013, near the Chafin Bridge, to latitude 37.942 and longitude -82.016, near Godby Bottom Road, the "Thomas Owen Perry Sr. Highway;" and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the designated highway containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the designated portion of West Virginia Route 10 the "Thomas Owen Perry Sr. Highway;" and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of Highways, and the family of the late Thomas Owen Perry Sr.