SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3

(By Senators Stuart, Phillips, and Karnes)

 [Introduced January 10, 2024]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 20-077/01-004.44 (20A822), (38.17354, -81.5636), locally known as Fields Creek BR NO. 4.44, carrying CR 77/01 over Fields Creek in Kanawha County in the community of Winifrede in Kanawha County, as the "Charlie Lee Jordan Memorial Bridge".

Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan was born on June 16, 1928, in Kanawha County, West Virginia; and

Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan was a lifelong resident of West Virginia; and

Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan spent his career working as a coal miner at Carbon Fuel in Winifrede, starting at the young age of 13; and

Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan married his wife Ethel Perdue in 1952, where they raised their five children in a home across from the bridge to be named in his memory; and

Whereas, Sadly, Charlie Lee Jordan passed away on December 30, 2009, at the age of 81; and

Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan had four daughters, one son, two brothers, and a sister, as well as eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; and

Whereas, It is fitting to honor Charlie Lee Jordan with naming a bridge in the community he grew up in and worked in throughout his life; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 20-077/01-004.44  (20A822), (38.17354, -81.5636), locally known as Fields Creek BR NO. 4.44, carrying CR 77/01 over Fields Creek in Kanawha County in the community of Winifrede in Kanawha County, as the "Charlie Lee Jordan 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 "Charlie Lee Jordan 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.