SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 51

(By Senators Chafin, Plymale, Jenkins, Green and Cole)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge that crosses over Hurricane Creek in Wayne County on Route 37, 2.29 miles from the intersection with Route 52, the “Wilburn George ‘Button’ Meredith Memorial Bridge”.

    Whereas, Wilburn George “Button” Meredith was born to Wilburn G. Meredith, Sr., and Rose Marie Meredith, and was a brother of Joe Frederick and John Franklin Daugherty; and

    Whereas, Mr. Meredith went to Fort Gay Elementary School and Fort Gay High School, home of the Vikings, and was a resident of Fort Gay for forty-seven years; and

    Whereas, Mr. Meredith met his wife, Melissa Meredith, when he was twelve years old. They were married during their senior year and were members of the last graduating class of Fort Gay High School. They had two children: A son, Justin Tyler Meredith, and a daughter, Kendra Rose Meredith; and

    Whereas, Mr. Meredith always had a smile on his face and loved to joke with everyone. In his youth, Mr. Meredith was a volunteer fireman and volunteered on the Mountain Heritage Day Committee; and

    Whereas, Mr. Meredith passed away on June 20, 2013, in Lincoln County, while employed as Transportation Crew Supervisor for the West Virginia Department of Highways, where he had worked for over twenty-three years; and

    Whereas, The last year of Mr. Meredith’s life saw the birth of his first grandchild, Braxton Tyler Meredith. In December, 2013, his second grandchild, Meredith Ann Brewer, was born and his third grandchild is scheduled to enter this world April 3, 2014; and    Whereas, Mr. Meredith loved his family and his job and truly cared for the men and women he worked with. He knew many people, and was a true friend not only to those he knew but to total strangers as well. Mr. Meredith could see this bridge from his home and watched as it was being rebuilt. He never got to see it completed; and

    Whereas, It is fitting to honor the life of Department of Highways employee Wilburn George “Button” Meredith by naming this bridge in his memory; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge that crosses over Hurricane Creek in Wayne County on State Route 37, 2.29 miles from the intersection with Route 52, the “Wilburn George ‘Button’ Meredith 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 “Wilburn George ‘Button’ Meredith 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 Mr. Meredith’s widow, Melissa Meredith.