HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 75

(By Delegates Armstead and Walker)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name U.S. Route 119 from Clendenin, Kanawha County, to the Kanawha - Roane County line, the "Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury Memorial Highway”.

    Whereas, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury, was born on July 11, 1942, the son of Ralph M. and Marie A. Canterbury; and

    Whereas, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury was raised in the Clendenin area along with his siblings, Phil R. Canterbury, Rick C. Canterbury and Connie Canterbury Samples; and

    Whereas, As a young man, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury loved to hunt with his father and brothers, or you would often find them fishing on the banks of Sandy Creek; and

    Whereas, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury attended Clendenin public schools, graduating from Clendenin High School in 1960; and

    Whereas, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury was working at the FMC Ordinance facility in South Charleston, West Virginia, when he was inducted into the Army on March 8, 1968; and

    Whereas, After completing basic training, Marvin Dewayne Canterbury was deployed to Vietnam on August 25, 1968; and

    Whereas, While serving with the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 5th Infantry Division in Vietnam, Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury was killed in action by hostile ground fire on February 23, 1969; and

    Whereas, On that fateful day in February 1969, Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury gave his last full measure of devotion to his country and to his comrades-in-arms; and

    Whereas, Although his parents had since moved to Marietta, Ohio, Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury was returned "home" one final time to be laid to rest in Kieffer Cemetery, near Clendenin; and

    Whereas, It is only fitting and proper that this stretch of U.S. 119 near where Marvin Dewayne Canterbury lay peacefully resting be named in his honor, and that it henceforth stand as a permanent memorial so that Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury's supreme sacrifice will not be forgotten; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways name U.S. Route 119 from Clendenin, Kanawha County, to the Kanawha - Roane County line, the "Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury Memorial Highway”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made, and be placed, signs identifying the road as the “Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury Memorial Highway”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made, and be placed, additional signs identifying the road as the “Army SPC 4 Marvin Dewayne Canterbury Memorial Highway” at the junctions of I-79 and North and South 119; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a certified copy of this resolution to the family of Marvin Dewayne Canterbury and to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.