SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 26

(By Senators Maynard, Stollings and Plymale)

[Introduced February 6, 2016.]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge that traverses Hurricane Creek on U.S.       Route 52, bridge number 50-52-21.27 (50A001), latitude 38.19237, longitude -82.59982,  in Wayne County, originally called the Hubbardstown Bridge, the “Charles Edward Ellis and Ira Virgil Ellis Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Charles Edward Ellis and Ira Virgil Ellis were brothers, born in Hubbardstown in Wayne County, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Charles and Ira served this country during WWII in the United States Army, in which each brother sacrificed his life. Charles was killed on December 30, 1943, and Ira was killed on March 23, 1945; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge that traverses Hurricane Creek on U.S. Route 52, bridge number 50-52-21.27 (50A001), latitude 38.19237, longitude -82.59982,  in Wayne County, originally called the Hubbardstown Bridge, the “Charles Edward Ellis and Ira Virgil Ellis 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 “Charles Edward Ellis and Ira Virgil Ellis 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 to Herbert Wellman, Jr., Chairman of the Fort Gay Veterans Park.