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Senate Concurrent Resolution 14 History
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14
(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Beach, Jenkins, Edgell and
Plymale)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge crossing
Madison Creek between Logan and Man, approximately five
hundred to six hundred feet below the new bridge at Rita Mall,
in Logan County, known as the Midway Plate Girder Bridge, 0.01
mile south of West Virginia Route 10 near the intersection
with the Guyandotte River, and NS Rail Road, bridge number
023-10-12.56, the "Tech 4 Grade, 185th Chemical Co, Bernard C.
Maynard Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Bernard C. Maynard was born May 18, 1918, and raised
by his grandmother. He died June 27, 2010. He served in the
United States Army from June 15, 1942, until November 29, 1944. He
was awarded the WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon,
two Bronze Stars, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Theater
Ribbon and a Good Conduct Medal. He married Maggie Hatfield in
1946. They had seven children, adopted two and also took in three
other children in need of a home. All of the children are
surviving except for one. There are twenty-three grandchildren and
thirty-four great grandchildren. He worked in the coal mines, had black lung and retired from the board of education after ten years
as a custodian. He helped with the recovery after the Buffalo
Creek flood, attended Madison Creek Church until it flooded and
then attended Neibert Missionary Baptist. He was also a member of
a ham radio club; and
Whereas, It is only fitting that we so honor Bernard C.
Maynard for his dedicated and selfless service to his country and
for his contributions to Logan County; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
bridge crossing Madison Creek between Logan and Man, approximately
five hundred to six hundred feet below the new bridge at Rita Mall,
in Logan County, known as the Midway Plate Girder Bridge, 0.01 mile
south of West Virginia Route 10 near the intersection with the
Guyandotte River, and NS Rail Road, bridge number 023-10-12.56, the
"Tech 4 Grade, 185th Chemical Co, Bernard C. Maynard Memorial
Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "Tech 4 Grade, 185th Chemical Co, Bernard C. Maynard
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 surviving children and relatives of Bernard C. Maynard.