By Delegates Kiss, Pulliam, McGraw, Thompson and Ryan:
H. C. R. 23--"Naming the bridge crossing the New River on Route 41 at Prince in Fayette County, West Virginia, "The Thomas Buford Pugh Memorial Bridge."
Whereas, Mr. Pugh was born April 24, 1908, in Dorfee, West Virginia to Thomas Levi Pugh and Mary Ada Rock; and
Whereas, Mr. Pugh at age seventeen left school to join the United States Marine Corps where he went on to receive the Nicaraguan Medal of Merit from the President of Nicaragua, awarded for excellent service at the Battle of Ocotal on July 16, 1927; and
Whereas, Mr. Pugh returned to school and graduated from Concord College in May, 1934, and went on to teach General Sciences at Beckley Jr. High School; and
Whereas, Mr. Pugh sought to further his education and proceeded to obtain his master's degree in Physical Education and Industrial Arts from the University of Arizona at Flagstaff in September, 1947; and
Whereas, Mr. Pugh returned with his family, wife Eva Parks, children Thomas, Patrick and Virginia, to West Virginia where he taught school for twenty-two years, first at Beckley Jr. High then at Shady Springs Jr. High; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the bridge crossing the New River on Route 41 at Prince in Fayette County, West Virginia, be named "The Thomas Buford Pugh Memorial Bridge," and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the family of Mr. Pugh, the Governor and Secretary of the Department of Transportation.