HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 47

(By Delegates Booth, Barnhart, Barrett, Bates, Bridges, Capito, Clark, Criss, Dean, Forsht, Griffith, Hanna, Hardy, Haynes, Holstein, Honaker, Horst, J. Jeffries, Jennings, Kessinger, Linville, Lovejoy, Mallow, Mandt, Martin, Maynard, Nestor, Paynter, Pethtel, Queen, Reed, Reynolds, Riley, Rohrbach, Smith, Statler, Steele, Toney, Wamsley, G. Ward, and Westfall)

[February 7, 2022]

Requesting the Division of Highways name Bridge Number: 50-037/00-030.06 () (50A079), (38.11399,-82.32930) locally known as Lick Creek Bridge, carrying WV 37 over Lick Creek in Wayne County, the “U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, William Earl “Billy” Duty was born on October 6, 1925, in Logan, the son of Paul Bill Duty and Marie Osborn; and

Whereas, Billy Earl Duty lived in Logan until the age of four when the family moved to  Whites Creek Wayne WV, where he attended Centerville School; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 18, 1946, and was honorably discharged on September 14, 1947; he received the World War II Victory Metal and the Army of Occupation Metal Japan for his service; and

Whereas, After his military service, U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty worked out of Construction Labors 543, Local Teamsters Local 505, Operator's Local, and worked for many construction companies; he was dynamite foreman on several parts of I 64; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty started his own construction company, Duty & Farley, in 1964; one of his first jobs was to provide fill at the 17th Street clover leaf to the 17th Street Bridge to Ohio; he also installed water lines for Hurricane WV; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty won a bid for construction of the East Lynn Lake facilities to help build the campground, boat ramps and overlook at East Lynn Lake in Wayne County, and while working there on May 31, 1972, his bulldozer slid into the lake and he drowned; and

Whereas, U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty was survived by his wife Joyce Ann Duty, and children, William Russell Duty, Mary Sue Duty, James David Duty, and Mark Lee Duty; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name Bridge Number: 50-037/00-030.06 () (50A079), (38.11399,-82.32930) locally known as Lick Creek Bridge, carrying WV 37 over Lick Creek in Wayne County, the “U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty 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 “U. S. Army CPL Billy Earl Duty Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.