SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23
(By Senator Chafin)
Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge intersecting
Farley Avenue in Delbarton, Mingo County, the "Dr. J. R. 'Bob'
Farley Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, J. R. "Bob" Farley was born on March 24, 1902, in
Delbarton, Mingo County, the son of the late James A. and Mary
Farley; and
Whereas, Dr. Farley was educated in the public schools in
Mingo County where he was a member of the Burch High School
basketball team that lost only one game in three years; and
Whereas, Dr. Farley graduated from the College of Dentistry at
the University of Louisville in 1927 and soon returned to his
native Delbarton where he practiced dentistry for 43 years; and
Whereas, Dr. Farley served with distinction on numerous
community-based organizations, including as Chairman of the
Delbarton Volunteer Fire Department, President of the Delbarton
Kiwanis Club, President of the Parent-Teacher Association in
Delbarton, President of the Burch High School Band Boosters and
member of the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce; and
Whereas, Dr. Farley, a life-long Democrat, was a successful
political figure and served his community as a member of the Mingo
County Board of Education, Mayor of Delbarton and Mingo County Commissioner; and
Whereas, Dr. Farley passed away on April 26, 1970, leaving
behind his three loving children, Lohoma Lee Schuler, Rebecca Jean
O'Dell and James David Farley; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the bridge intersecting Farley Avenue in Delbarton, Mingo
County, the "Dr. J. R. 'Bob' Farley Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Dr.
J. R. 'Bob' Farley Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and to the children of Dr. Farley,
in care of James David Farley.