SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 23

(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Unger and Plymale)

[Introduced February 5, 2016.]

Requesting Division of Highways name bridge number 30-3/5-1.60 (30A182) (37.81271, -82.27014), locally known as Lower Canterbury Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 3/5 over Laurel Creek in Mingo County, the “Johnny Mack Bryant Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant was born July 19, 1977, to John and Linda (Colley) Bryant; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant was married to the love of his life Leeann Hammond and had two children, Johnny and Mackenzie; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant worked for Buck Deskins and Randy Akers doing carpentry and installing metal roofs until he went to work for Coal River Mining where he died in a mining accident on July 27, 2012; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant loved to hunt, fish, ride four wheelers, dirt bikes and hill climbing. He won national championships for hill climbing in West Virginia and Massachusetts and traveled as far as Minnesota to hill climb; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant had two sisters, Mattie Cassidy and Lori Williams of Ohio. He had a niece Allyson and many aunts, uncles and cousins who love and miss him; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant’s two best friends were Wes Maynard and Brandon Urban who have memorial rides and golf tournaments every year in his name to honor him; and

Whereas, Johnny Mack Bryant always had a smile on his face no matter what and about one thousand people attended his wake and funeral; and

Whereas, It is fitting that the bridge which is located at the beginning of the hollow where Johnny Mack Bryant lived and his body is now buried be named for him; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways name bridge number 30-3/5-1.60 (30A182) (37.81271, 82.27014), locally known as Lower Canterbury Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 3/5 over Laurel Creek in Mingo County, the “Johnny Mack Bryant 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 “Johnny Mack Bryant 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 and the family of Johnny Mack Bryant.