House Resolution No. 33
(By Delegate Stalnaker)
[Adopted by the House of Delegates March 30, 2005.]
"Memorializing Fred L. Mulneix, dedicated public servant, avid
gardener, pastor, and former member of the House of Delegates
from Lewis County."
Whereas, Fred L. Mulneix was born on March 29, 1928 in St.
Mary's, West Virginia. The son of the late Earl and Frances
Trautman Mulneix, he was raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he
graduated from high school in 1949.
He received his bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan
College in 1953 and then attended Westminster Theological Seminary,
completing a course of study in the School of Christian Study,
which he followed up with graduate work at both West Virginia
University and Marshall University.
On October 5, 1951, he married the former Carolyn June Lough.
Together they had four children: Jon, of Weston, Debra Wyman, Cinda
Jamison and Kimberly Ann Mulneix, all of whom survive him and
reside in Weston. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, two
great grandchildren, six brothers and three sisters.
Fred Mulneix served as pastor at several churches in Lewis,
Gilmer, Harrison, Marion and Taylor counties, and during his life
he worked as a teacher, bricklayer and contractor.
Elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates, he served as
a member from 1968 until 1974, serving as Minority Whip during a
part of that time.
He also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the
Central District Mental Health Center in Clarksburg and on the
Lewis County Fire Board, was a member of the Lions Club and was the
2004 Strawberry King.
In addition to gardening and raising strawberries, Fred
enjoyed golfing, hunting, writing poetry and dabbling in oil
painting.
His life came to its close at the age of seventy-six;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That the House of Delegates pauses to pay tribute to the life
and accomplishments of Fred L. Mulneix, and expresses its sadness
on taking note of his death and hereby conveys heartfelt sympathy
to his surviving wife Carolyn, and to his surviving children,
grandchildren, brothers, sisters and friends; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
prepare certified copies of this resolution for the family of Fred
L. Mulneix.
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