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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 13
(By Senators Cann, Facemire, Williams, Chafin and McCabe)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge over Skin
Creek on Skin Creek Road in Lewis County, bridge number 21-30-
7.25, the "J. Cecil Jarvis Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis was born on May 11, 1949, in
Clarksburg, West Virginia, and passed away as a result of a bicycle
crash on the bridge over Skin Creek on Skin Creek Road in Lewis
County on May 27, 2007; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia,
and graduated from Washington Irving High School; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis graduated from Lehigh University and
Vanderbilt Law School; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis practiced for over thirty years with
the Clarksburg, West Virginia, law firm of McNeer, Highland, McMunn
& Varner; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis was a member of the Bridgeport United
Methodist Church of Bridgeport, West Virginia; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis was survived by his wife, Rebecca,
his children, Amy, Jennie and Brian, and his grandchildren, Nathan,
John, Henry, Cole and Evelynn; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis served two terms on the board of
directors of United Hospital Center, was chairman of the board for
several years and was a leader and champion of the fund raising for
and building of the new United Hospital Center Building; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis served on the board of directors of
the West Virginia United Health System, and was highly instrumental
in merging United Hospital Center into the West Virginia United
Health System; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis served as president of Clarksburg
Publishing Company from 2002 until his passing, publishing the
widely circulated Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, and contributing a
weekly column based on estate planning and taxation; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis served on the board of the Harrison
County Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the Harrison
County Bar Association; and
Whereas, J. Cecil Jarvis was a strong advocate for healthy
living, pursuing athletic and outdoor activities at every
opportunity, including hunting, fishing, four Iron Man triathlons
and two Boston marathons, the last completed shortly before his
passing; and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper that J. Cecil Jarvis' life,
distinguished career, service to his community and the outstanding
example he set for his peers and members of the next generation be
honored by naming the bridge over Skin Creek on Skin Creek Road in Lewis County, bridge number 21-30-7.25, the "J. Cecil Jarvis
Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
bridge over Skin Creek on Skin Creek Road in Lewis County, bridge
number 21-30-7.25, the "J. Cecil Jarvis Memorial Bridge"; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the "J. Cecil Jarvis 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 Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and to the family of J. Cecil
Jarvis.