SENATE CONCURRANT RESOLUTION 21

(By Senators Ashley, Stollings and Plymale)

[Introduced February 3, 2016]

Requesting Division of Highways name bridge on County Route 21 over Mill Creek in Jackson County, bridge number 18-21-19.61 (18A234) (38.80123, -81.69929), locally known as the Hardman Bridge, the “U. S. Army S/SGT  Delmer R. Jones Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Staff Sergeant Delmer R. Jones, a native of Ripley, West Virginia, served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War.  He began his tour in Vietnam on October 4, 1967; and

Whereas, Staff Sergeant Delmer R. Jones was killed in battle on January 7, 1968, in Quang Tin, South Vietnam, by multiple fragmentation wounds; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an appropriate memorial recognizing this soldier’s service and sacrifice be established in the area where he lived; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge on County Route 21 over Mill Creek in Jackson County, bridge number 18-21-19.61 (18A234) (38.80123, -81.69929), locally known as the Hardman Bridge, the “U. S. Army S/SGT Delmer R. Jones Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U. S. Army S/SGT Delmer R. Jones 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 Highways and the family of the late Staff Sergeant Delmer R. Jones.