SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 30
(By Senators McKenzie, Oliverio and Kessler)
Requesting the Division of Highways name a section of Interstate 70
in Wheeling, Ohio County, from Washington Avenue Exit 2B to
Elm Grove Exit 5, the "Doc and Chickie Williams Country Music
Royal Couple Highway".
Whereas, Doc and Chickie Williams were married in 1939 and are
known as "Country Music's Royal Couple"; and
Whereas, Doc and Chickie Williams, during their 50-year-plus
country music careers, toured in over 6,000 towns throughout the
northeastern United States and eastern Canada, along with two tours
to Great Britain; and
Whereas, Doc Williams joined the "World's Original WWVA
Jamboree" in 1937, later known as "Jamboree USA", which aired on
Saturday nights and was heard from Maine to Florida and throughout
eastern Canada; and
Whereas, Doc Williams has received numerous awards such as
being recognized by the Governor of West Virginia in 1971 as "West
Virginia's Official Country Music Ambassador of Goodwill" and at
the age of 93 holds the distinction of being Jamboree USA's oldest
living member; and
Whereas, Chickie Williams, in 1949, put out the original hit
record "Beyond the Sunset", which included the narration "Should You Go First and I Remain", which established her as one of country
music's finest female singers; and
Whereas, Doc and Chickie Williams have given generations to
come a fine example to follow through their clean wholesome family-
style shows and their traditional country music songs. It is
fitting that the section of Interstate 70 in Wheeling, Ohio County,
from Washington Avenue Exit 2B to Elm Grove Exit 5, be named the
"Doc and Chickie Williams Country Music Royal Couple Highway";
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a
section of Interstate 70 in Wheeling, Ohio County, from Washington
Avenue Exit 2B to Elm Grove Exit 5, the "Doc and Chickie Williams
Country Music Royal Couple Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the highway
as the "Doc and Chickie Williams Country Music Royal Couple
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 Doc and Chickie Williams.
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