HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 51

(By Delegates L. Phillips, Hall, Moore, White and Kominar)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge located on Route 83 outside of Bradshaw, West Virginia, specifically bridge number 24-83-7.07, the “Charlie Howard Mitchell Memorial Bridge.”

    Whereas, Mr. Mitchell was born January 7, 1949 to Alice Marie and Mack Henry Mitchell in Bradshaw, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, Mr. Mitchell grew up with five brothers and three sisters in Bradshaw; and

    Whereas, He attended Jolo Elementary, Bradshaw Junior High and then graduate from Iaeger High School on June 2, 1967; and

    Whereas, Mr. Mitchell enlisted in the military in the middle of May 1967 and went through basic training at Fort Gordon in Georgia; and

    Whereas, Mr. Mitchell served in the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry and the 196th Infantry Brigade; and

    Whereas, Mr. Mitchell was bravely serving our country in Vietnam when he was killed in action on September 16, 1969 near the village of Hiep Duc which is twenty-five miles from Qang Tin Province in the republic of South Vietnam; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Legislature hereby requests the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to name bridge number 24-83-7.07, located on Route 83 outside of Bradshaw, West Virginia the “Charlie Howard Mitchell Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to cause to be fabricated signs to be erected at each entry of said bridge, containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge to be the “Charlie Howard Mitchell Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, and the surviving family of Charlie Howard Mitchell, which includes William D. Mitchell, John R. Mitchell, Alta Michell Hagerman, Joann Mitchell Pruitt and Brenda Mitchell Sexton.