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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24
(By Delegates Marcum, White, Moore, Tomblin and
Phillips, R.)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge known as the
Dempsey Bottom Bridge in Dempsey, Mingo County, bridge number
S330-65/75-0.01, as the "Fredrick Dempsey Bridge."
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey was born February 7, 1925; and
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey grew up during the Great Depression
and helped support his family by working as a janitor at his grade
school; and
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey was a Navy Seabee, serving in the 7th
Battalion, 3rd Platoon, Company B, and honorably discharged on
December 5, 1945; and
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey came home and married Waville
Baisden, and together they have shared the joy of three children,
six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey spent forty-two and a half years
working in the machine shop and driving emergency vehicles for the
Island Creek Coal Company; and
Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey serves as a deacon and Sunday school
teacher in his church; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Fredrick Dempsey's life and service to his country and God by naming the Dempsey Bottom Bridge
after him; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name Dempsey Bottom Bridge in Dempsey, Mingo County, bridge
number S330-65/75-0.01, as the "Fredrick Dempsey 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 "Fredrick Dempsey Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation and Fredrick Dempsey and his
relatives.