COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28

(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Unger and Jenkins)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the stretch of road on CR 10/17, approximately at mile post 1.22 as measured on Google Earth from the intersection of CR 10/17 and CR 710/6, a distance of 0.68 miles beyond the indicated point in Lyburn, Logan County, the “Joshua Walls Memorial Highway”.

    Whereas, Joshua Walls was born October 16, 1987, to Terry (deceased) and Diana Walls. He had three sisters: Shawn Walls, Sandy Walls and Terri Walls (decesased); and

    Whereas, Joshua Walls died on January 18, 2012. Josh was a graduate of Man High School, class of 2005, attended Lyburn Freewill Baptist Church and was loved; and

    Whereas, Josh, his father and his sister Terri all passed away from the same disease, dyskeratosis congenita. It was believed that Josh would not live past the age of eighteen, but he lived to be twenty-four years of age and rarely complained about his illness; and

    Whereas, It is only fitting that we honor Joshua Walls and provide awareness of the disease that took his life, for his dedicated and selfless contributions to his community and Logan County in the face of this debilitating disease; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the stretch of road on CR 10/17, approximately at mile post 1.22 as measured on Google Earth from the intersection of CR 10/17 and CR 710/6, a distance of 0.68 miles beyond the indicated point in Lyburn, Logan County, the “Joshua Walls Memorial Highway”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the stretch of road as the “Joshua Walls 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 Secretary of the Department of Transportation and to the surviving relatives of Joshua Walls.