HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16
(By Delegates Staton and Browning)
[Introduced January 11, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Honoring the late Roy M. Lilly by declaring the one lane bridge on
Route 12/7 entering Corinne Bottom, West Virginia at mile post
0.03 the "Roy M. Lilly Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Roy M. Lilly was not a mayor, a businessman, or even
the first to accomplish something of great importance. He was just
a simple man who led a simple life. He was the unsung hero of
Corinne Bottom, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Roy always went out of his way to lend a helping hand
to members of the community or a stranger in need. Whether it was
lending money to a neighbor, giving a ride to those less fortunate,
or giving clothes and supplies to someone in need after one of the
many floods that devastated the area, he was always willing to
provide that helping hand; and
Whereas, Roy Lilly was a loyal member of the Corinne Missionary
Baptist Church. This church is located next to the one lane bridge
that is to be renamed. Roy would clean this church every week, and
when the minister had taken ill would even take over the sermons
for church service. Practically everyone in Corinne Bottom knew
his name. He was indeed an icon; and
Whereas, Roy M. Lilly was buried in the Blue Ridge Memorial
Gardens in Beckley, under a blanket of snow, overlooking a vast field with a forest inhabited by numerous deer. On the day of his
funeral, one might have thought he was a mayor, a businessman, or
the first to accomplish something of great importance by the nearly
200 people in attendance that day paying their respects despite the
poor weather. Instead, he was just the simple man he had always
been; and
Whereas, The community will be forever changed because of this
man. His simple but important ways of always helping out a friend
or stranger in need will live on through the community. His love
of fishing, hunting and gardening, and most of all, his old blue
truck rattling down the worn gray roads of Corinne Bottom, past
houses, the Corinne Baptist Missionary Church and across the old
one lane bridge will truly be remembered; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia
Division of Highways to designate and name the one lane bridge on
Route 12/7 entering Corinne Bottom, West Virginia at mile post 0.03
the "Roy M. Lilly Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways provide and
erect signs at either end of the bridge displaying the name "Roy M.
Lilly Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is
hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the
Commissioner of the Division of Highways and the family of Roy M.
Lilly.
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