SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 70
(By Senators Green and Browning)
Requesting that the Division of Highways name a section of Wyoming
County Route 1, Wyoming County, West Virginia, from mile post
4.62 to mile post 4.84, the "Gary "Beatle" Sutherland Road".
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland was born on November 11, 1955; and
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland served as a member of the Peabody
Harris Complex Mine Rescue Team from 1982 through 1986; and
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland received his Mine Foreman
Certificate from the Office of Miners' Health Safety & Training on
April 5, 1983; and
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland received numerous safety awards;
and
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland devoted his life as an underground
track man and crew leader for Peabody Coal Company, Harris #1, from
January of 1976, through November of 2007; and
Whereas, Gary L. Sutherland entered into a new life on
December 14, 2007, leaving behind his wife of 31 years, Patricia A.
Sutherland, two daughters, Angela D. Shorter and Felisha N.
Sutherland, and one granddaughter, Brooke M. Shorter; therefore, be
it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways name a section of Wyoming County Route 1, Wyoming County, West
Virginia, from mile post 4.62 to mile post 4.84, the "Gary "Beatle"
Sutherland Road"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road as
the "Gary "Beatle" Sutherland Road"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and the family of Gary L.
Sutherland.