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Senate Concurrent Resolution 10 History
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10
(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Plymale and Jenkins)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 23-
044/00-0.13.14, crossing Island Creek in Switzer, Logan
County, the "James Melvin 'Pete' Spradlin Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Pete Spradlin was born on November 29, 1946, in
Stirrat, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin
wed Ruby Lee Crum and together they had
seven children who have blessed them with six grandchildren; and
Whereas
, Pete Spradlin
spent three years as a Corporal in the
Army 3rd Battery, 4th Platoon, earning a National Defense Service
Medal; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin was a longtime coal miner and proud
member of the United Mine Workers of America; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin gained fame in Logan County after he
was featured in a November, 1991, Time Magazine article about the
perils of coal mining; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin retired from Kedco Coal Company in
June, 1998, and later bought a cabin in Greenbrier County where he
enjoyed spending most of his time; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin served as a board member of Logan Regional Medical Center in the 1990s; and
Whereas, Pete Spradlin passed away on March 10, 2013, in
Monaville, Logan County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper that the national and
community service of Pete Spradlin be acknowledged; therefore, be
it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name
bridge number 23-044/00-0.13.14, crossing Island Creek in Switzer,
Logan County, the "James Melvin 'Pete' Spradlin Memorial Bridge";
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of
Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the
bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge
the "James Melvin 'Pete' Spradlin 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 Commissioner
of the Division of Highways and to the surviving family members of
Pete Spradlin.