HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 63

(By Delegates Leach, Hubbard, Jenkins, Johnson,

Romine and Smirl)



Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the new bridge in Altizer, Cabell County, West Virginia, across the Guyandotte River at the intersection of U. S. Route 60 East and Washington Boulevard "The T. R. Wickline Bridge."

Whereas, T. R. "Tommy" Wickline served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1946 and is a survivor of that infamous attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and participated in eleven major battles during World War II; and
Whereas, T. R. "Tommy" Wickline has been married to Lena Wickline for fifty years and that union produced two daughters; and
Whereas, T. R. "Tommy" Wickline is a member of the Riverview United Methodist Church and has been for forty-five years, where he has been a Sunday School teacher for forty-three years; he is a member of the American Legion Post #16 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9738; and a member of the Altizer Community Council; and
Whereas, T. R. "Tommy" Wickline, loving husband and father, has served his church, country and community faithfully for over half a century and is valued for this service of a lifetime and good works in the community in which he lived that he should be recognized and honored during his lifetime by naming the new bridge in Altizer for this distinguished citizen, husband and father; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the new bridge in Altizer, Cabell County, West Virginia, across the Guyandotte River at the intersection of U. S. Route 60 East and Washington Boulevard "The T. R. Wickline Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the West Virginia Division of Highways provide and erect a sign at either end of the bridge displaying the name of the 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 Commissioner of the Division of Highways and T. R. "Tommy" Wickline.