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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9
(By Senators Cookman, Stollings, Plymale, Wells and Jenkins)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name a portion of U. S.
Route 522 near the West Virginia State Police barracks in
Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, between West Virginia State
Route 13, south of the West Virginia State Police barracks,
and West Virginia State Route 9, north of the barracks, the
"Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper Charles
Henry Johnson Memorial Highway".
Whereas, Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper
Charles Henry Johnson both served in the West Virginia State Police
in Morgan County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules served with
the United States Marines and had nineteen years of service as a
West Virginia State Trooper; and
Whereas, Trooper Charles Henry Johnson served in the Air Force
for four years, graduated from the State Police Academy at
Institute in 1970 and lived in Berkeley Springs for three years;
and
Whereas, On the snowy, cold afternoon of January 12, 1977,
Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper Charles Henry
Johnson were gunned down in the line of duty in Paw Paw, West
Virginia, while serving an arrest warrant on a burglary suspect; and
Whereas, Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper
Charles Henry Johnson made the ultimate sacrifice for the safety of
their community and state; and
Whereas, Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules was survived
by his wife, Shirley, and their sons Allen and David; and
Whereas, Trooper Charles Henry Johnson was the son of John J.
and Rowena Robinson Johnson and was survived by his wife, Lynda Sue
Lively Johnson, daughter, Lori Necole, and son, Jeffrey Bryan, both
at home; sister, Mrs. Leah Rae Wallace, brother, John J. Johnson,
Jr., and grandmother, Mrs. Mary C. Robinson; and
Whereas, The Legislature acknowledges the service and
sacrifice of Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper
Charles Henry Johnson, as well as the sacrifice of their families
who endured their loss of life; and
Whereas,
It is fitting to honor the lives of
Trooper First
Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper Charles Henry Johnson by
naming this highway in their memory as an everlasting tribute to
their service and sacrifice to their community and state;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a
portion of U. S. Route 522 near the West Virginia State Police
barracks in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, between West Virginia State Route 13, south of the West Virginia State Police barracks,
and West Virginia State Route 9, north of the barracks, the
"Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and Trooper Charles Henry
Johnson Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved,
That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying this section
of the highway as the "
Trooper First Class Thomas Dean Hercules and
Trooper Charles Henry Johnson Memorial Highway
"; 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.
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