SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 12

(By Senators Stollings, Smith, Boso, Drennan, Beach, and Plymale)

[Introduced February 7, 2018]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-10-28.14 (22A038), locally known as West Hamlin Bridge carrying WV 10 over the Guyandotte River in Lincoln County, the “U. S. Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Darrell Gregory Triplett was born in West Hamlin and was an honor graduate of Guyan Valley High School in 1965.  He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, with only a month left in the army, he was coming home on a weekend pass to celebrate his twenty-first birthday when he was killed in a plane crash at Yeager Airport in 1968; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U. S. Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 22-10-28.14 (22A038), locally known as West Hamlin Bridge carrying WV 10 over the Guyandotte River in Lincoln County, the “U. S. Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett 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 “U. S. Army SP4 Darrell Gregory Triplett 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.