HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 91

(By Delegates Marcum, Rodighiero, Thompson and Hicks)

[Introduced March 21, 2017 ]

Requesting the Department of Highways to name Bridge Number 30-3/5-2.58 (30A012) (37.81677, -82.25903), locally known as Canterbury Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 3/5 over Laurel Fork in Mingo County, the “Alleen Ledson Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Alleen Ledson was born August 31, 1928, at Lenore, Mingo County, West Virginia; and was married for sixty-nine years to Marion C. Ledson, Jr.  Together she and her husband raised seven children; and

Whereas, When Alleen Ledson was a young mother, she and other women on Laurel Creek beat up rocks and put them in holes on the road, which led to having a black top road on Laurel Creek; and

Whereas, Alleen Ledson enjoyed shopping with her four girls, and often prepared food for fish fries at Laurel Lake, welcoming all to come; and

Whereas, Alleen Ledson began working at J. C. Penney’s in Williamson, West Virginia when she was forty-five years old and worked there for twenty years; and

Whereas, Alleen Ledson was a member of the Bethany Church, often referred to as the “old regular Baptist Church”; and

Whereas, Alleen Ledson and her husband lived all their lives together at the end of the bridge over Laurel Fork; and

Whereas, Alleen Ledson died April 30, 2015; and

Whereas, naming the bridge after this woman who faithfully served her family, her neighbors, her church and her community at large in the vicinity of the bridge is a fitting memorial to Alleen Ledson; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name Bridge Number 30-3/5-2.58 (30A012) (37.81677, -82.25903), locally known as Canterbury Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 3/5 over Laurel Fork in Mingo County, the “Alleen Ledson Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed at both ends of the bridge signs identifying the bridge as the “Alleen Ledson 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.