HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.78

(By Delegates Eldridge, Barker, Hartman,

           Sponaugle, Lynch and Campbell)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge crossing Fourteen Mile Creek on Route 10 at the mouth of Barberry Road, Ranger, Lincoln County, as the “Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge.”

    Whereas, PFC Wiley was born May 24, 1921, in Ranger, Lincoln County, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, PFC Wiley served in the Army 80th Division, 905th Field Artillery Battalion; and

    Whereas, PFC Wiley died serving his country on September 1, 1944; and

    Whereas, It is fitting to honor PFC Wiley’s life and service by naming the bridge at the mouth of Barberry Road after him; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name the bridge crossing Fourteen Mile Creek on Route 10 at the mouth of Barberry Road, Ranger, Lincoln County, as the “PFC Cornelious Wiley 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 PFC Cornelious Wiley 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 PFC Wiley’s surviving relatives.