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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 36
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson, and Delegate Perdue)
Requesting that the bridge located in Wayne County, West Virginia,
at the intersection of West Virginia Route 7, also known as
Patrick Creek Road, and West Virginia Route 152 be named the
"Private First Class Oscar Harper, Sr. Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. was born February 7, 1922, at
Williams, Kentucky, son of the late David Edward Harper and Rebecca
Myrtle Perkins Harper; and
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. died on February 18 in the year 2006
at the age of eighty-four; and
Whereas, During his long and colorful life, Oscar Harper, Sr.
resided for many years in Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia,
where he worked and retired from Union Concrete Pipe Company in
Ceredo, West Virginia, and was a long-standing member of Lick Creek
United Church, Wayne, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War
II, serving with the 83rd Division, 329th Infantry; and
Whereas, While in the U.S. Army, Oscar Harper, Sr. served in
the European Theater and was in Normandy at Omaha Beach Head during
the invasion of France; and
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. received The Purple Heart, Bronze
Star, Good Conduct Medal and Expert Rifleman for his military
activities and courageous and heroic efforts; and
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. was a life member of Disabled
American Veterans Chapter II, American Legion Post 93 of Kenova,
West Virginia, and Veterans of Foreign War Post 1064 of Huntington,
West Virginia; and
Whereas, Throughout his life, Oscar Harper, Sr. gave
unselfishly of himself to his nation and to his family, which
included, at his death, thirteen grandchildren and twelve great-
grandchildren; and
Whereas, Oscar Harper, Sr. left this world a better place than
it was when he entered it; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
bridge located at the intersection of West Virginia Route 7, also
known as Patrick Creek Road, and West Virginia Route 152 in Wayne
County, West Virginia, the "Private First Class Oscar Harper, Sr.
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 "Private First Class Oscar Harper, Sr. Memorial Bridge"; and,
be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of
the Division of Highways; Oscar Harper, Sr.'s surviving children
and siblings who are daughters Bonnie Vandagriff of Walters,
Oklahoma; Fannie McSweeney of South Point, Ohio; Brenda Hodges of
Ceredo, West Virginia; Phyllis Williams of Charlestown, Indiana and
Connie Fruits of Sellersburg, Indiana; to his son, Oscar Harper,
Jr. of Sulphur, Oklahoma; to his sisters Cora Perkins, Dora
Blankenship, Pearl Shearer, Wanda Bailey and Clotine Cornett; and,
to his brother, Russell Harper.