COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10

(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Plymale and Jenkins)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 23-044/00-0.13.14, crossing Island Creek in Switzer, Logan County, the “U. S. Army Cpl. James Melvin ‘Pete’ Spradlin Memorial Bridge”.

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin was born on November 29, 1946, in Stirrat, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin wed Ruby Lee Crum and together they had seven children who have blessed them with six grandchildren; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin spent three years as a Corporal in the Army 3rd Battery, 4th Platoon, earning a National Defense Service Medal; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin was a longtime coal miner and proud member of the United Mine Workers of America; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin gained fame in Logan County after he was featured in a November, 1991, Time Magazine article about the perils of coal mining; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin retired from Kedco Coal Company in June, 1998, and later bought a cabin in Greenbrier County where he enjoyed spending most of his time; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin served as a board member of Logan Regional Medical Center in the 1990s; and

    Whereas, Pete Spradlin passed away on March 10, 2013, in Monaville, Logan County, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, It is fitting and proper that the national and community service of Pete Spradlin be acknowledged; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 23-044/00-0.13.14, crossing Island Creek in Switzer, Logan County, the “U. S. Army Cpl. James Melvin ‘Pete’ Spradlin Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge the “U. S. Army Cpl. James Melvin ‘Pete’ Spradlin Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and to the surviving family members of Pete Spradlin.