COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 26

By Delegates Romine, Rowan, Pethtel and Hamilton

Originating in the Committee on Roads and Transportation

Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge located near Middlebourne in Tyler County, bridge number 48-11/6-0.41, latitude 39.540139, longitude 80.889193, on Elk Fork Road  that traverses Point Pleasant Creek the “U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley-Little West Virginia Memorial Bridge.”

Whereas, Gary Wayne Weekley, a native West Virginian, was born unto Millard and Pauline Weekley in New Martinsville in Wetzel County, West Virginia on October 6, 1949; and

Whereas, Gary Wayne Weekley was a graduate of Tyler County High School; and

Whereas, Gary Wayne Weekley joined the United States Army and began his tour of duty in Vietnam in the 1^st Platoon, Company B, 3^rd Battalion, 506^th Infantry, 101^st Airborne Division on January 30, 1970; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley had been “in country” in Vietnam only six weeks when he sacrificed his life at the young age of twenty years, as the result of being struck by an explosive ordnance in Binh Dinh Province in South Vietnam, on April 4, 1970; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley was survived by his parents, Millard and Pauline Weekley, brothers, Jerry, David, Terry and Michael and sisters, Paula and Sandy, and he was interred in the Middleborne Cemetary; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley, who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of and in the service of this country should rightly be accorded a lasting memorial to commemorate his heroic deeds performed for the citizens of the United States; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge located near Middlebourne in Tyler County, bridge number 48-11/6-0.41, latitude 39.540139, longitude 80.889193, on Elk Fork Road that traverses Point Pleasant Creek, the “U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both entrances to the bridge located near Middlebourne in Tyler County, bridge number 48-11/6-0.41, latitude 39.540139, longitude 80.889193, on Elk Fork Road that traverses Point Pleasant Creek naming the bridge the “U. S. Army CPL Gary Wayne Weekley-Little West Virginia Memorial Bridge.”

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby requested to forward a certified copy of this concurrent resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.