SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52
(By Senators Wells, Prezioso and Kessler)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 25-24-4.31
(1818) on Route 17 crossing the Big Paw Paw Creek in Marion
County the "Seaman 1st Class Clyde Richard Wilson Memorial
Bridge".
Whereas, Clyde Richard Wilson was born October 31, 1918, in
Marion County; and
Whereas, Clyde Richard Wilson served his country by enlisting
in the Navy; and
Whereas, Sadly, Clyde Richard Wilson lost his life in the
service of his country at Pearl Harbor when the battleship USS West
Virginia was sunk by the Japanese; and
Whereas, Clyde Richard Wilson was raised in a home that no
longer exists, which was located across from this bridge; and
Whereas, It is fitting, to honor Clyde Richard Wilson for
making the ultimate sacrifice to his state and country, by naming
bridge number 25-24-4.31 (1818), in Marion County, on Route 17,
crossing the Big Paw Paw Creek, the "Seaman 1st Class Clyde Richard
Wilson Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name
bridge number 25-24-4.31 (1818) on Route 17 crossing the Big Paw Paw Creek in Marion County the "Seaman 1st Class Clyde Richard
Wilson 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 "Seaman 1st Class Clyde Richard Wilson 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 Clyde Richard
Wilson.
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