SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 19

(By Senators Stollings, Kirkendoll, Unger, Plymale and Jenkins)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 022-11/00-7.59, known as the Branchland Beam Span, located 0.12 miles north of State Route 10 in Lincoln County, the "Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman Memorial Bridge".

    Whereas, Paul Norman Chapman was born October 18, 1919, in Lincoln County, the son of Albert and Norma Chapman of Branchland, Lincoln County. He had a brother, Corporal Lyle Chapman, and sister, Virginia Chapman. He graduated from Guyan Valley High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in Huntington, West Virginia, at age twenty. He was mortally wounded while effecting a landing under fire at Casablanca on November 9, 1942. An award of the Purple Heart was made posthumously; and

    Whereas, Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman made the ultimate sacrifice for his country and in doing so represented Branchland, Lincoln County, West Virginia, and his country with the highest levels of honor and courage and his sacrifice should not go unnoticed, and naming the bridge in Lincoln County for him is an appropriate recognition of his ultimate sacrifice for 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 022-11/00-7.59, known as the Branchland Beam Span, located 0.12 miles north of State Route 10 in Lincoln County, the "Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman 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 Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the surviving family members of Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman.