HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 114
(By Delegates Brown, Barker, Butcher, Eldridge,
Hatfield, Hrutkay and Palumbo)
Requesting the Division of Highways to make and place a memorial
sign to read, "In Loving Memory of Joe King, November 18th,
2005, Will Never Be Forgotten" fifteen yards in front of the
Foster Hollow sign on State Route 3, between Racine and
Madison, Boone County, West Virginia.
Whereas, Joseph Edward "Joe" King, Jr., who was born in
Hernshaw, West Virginia, raised in Marmet, attended Dupont High
School, and who resided in Nitro, was a true citizen pillar of the
great State of West Virginia; and
Whereas, Among his many endeavors and activities in life, Joe
King was a true gentleman, and a dedicated employee of Protection
Services, Incorporated; and
Whereas, Joe King was a United States Navy Veteran; and
Whereas, Joe King was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and
fish throughout our great state; and
Whereas, Joe King was considered by friends, family and all who
knew him to be an excellent vocalist and musician; and
Whereas, Joseph Edward "Joe" King, Jr., was a caring,
compassionate, loving, and devoted husband and father, a kindly and
generous man, and a devout Christian; and
Whereas, The passing of this tireless and dedicated life from
the earthly bonds of this world leaves behind a proud and
distinguished legacy upon which both family and friends may find
solace, and from which fellow veterans and fellow citizens will
find an example worthy of emulation; and
Whereas, As a small token of this collective legislative
bodies' recognition of this dedicated citizen, veteran and family
man's exceedingly moral, generous and compassionate life it is
hereby decreed that the Division of Highways shall have made and
place a memorial sign to read "In Loving Memory of Joe King,
November 18
th, 2005, Will Never be Forgotten," fifteen yards in
front of the Foster Hollow sign on State Route 3, between Racine
and Madison, Boone County, West Virginia; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to have made and be placed a memorial sign to read, "In Loving
Memory of Joe King, November 18
th, 2005, Will Never be Forgotten,"
fifteen yards in front of the Foster Hollow sign on State Route 3,
between Racine and Madison, Boone County, West Virginia; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is
requested to prepare a certified copy of this resolution for the
Commissioner of the Division of Highways, and the family of Mr.
King, including his wife Judy, his son Justin Curtis, and his
daughter Jessica, of Nitro, West Virginia, and his mother Carrie Clark and father James H. Clark of Marmet, West Virginia.