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House Concurrent Resolution 23 History
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23
(By Delegates Staton and Browning)
[Introduced February 3, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the new bridge on Moran
Avenue approaching downtown Mullens, Wyoming County, the "Ray
Toler Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Ray Toler was born July 22, 1909, on Laurel Branch in
Wyoming County and was a lifelong resident of Wyoming County,
living in Mullens from 1921 until his death in April 2002. He was
Valedictorian of the Mullens High School Class of 1927; he
graduated from Concord College in 1934; and he graduated from the
West Virginia University Law School in 1942. Ray Toler was a
teacher in Wyoming County from 1931 to 1942, teaching at Itmann and
Stephenson grade schools and at Baileysville and Mullens High
School; and
Whereas, Ray Toler practiced law in Mullens for almost sixty
years, during which time he demonstrated his dedication to family,
church and community of Mullens by serving as president of the
local PTA, Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts, Trustee for
Alderson-Broaddus College, twenty-five years on the Selective
Service Board, president and fifty-year member of the Mullens
Rotary Club, was a fifty-year
member of the Mullens Masonic Lodge,
Director and Chairman of the Board of the People's Bank of Mullens, was a fifty-five year
member and Men's Bible Class teacher, trustee
and deacon of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, city attorney for
Mullens and member of the State Bar Association and American and
Wyoming County Bar Associations; and
Whereas, Ray Toler is fondly remembered by the people of his
county as a man of dedication, wisdom and humor; and
Whereas, It is a fitting tribute to Ray Toler
that this bridge
be named in his memory; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the
new bridge on Moran Avenue approaching downtown Mullens, Wyoming
County, the "Ray Toler Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed, at either end of the bridge, signs
identifying the bridge as the "Ray Toler Memorial Bridge"; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
Transportation and the family of Ray Toler.
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