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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 35
(By Delegates Evans, A., Rowan, Azinger, Hamilton, Sumner,
Hartman, Sponaugle, Howell, Romine and Faircloth)
Requesting that bridge number 12-93-9.84 on W. Va. Corridor H,
State Route 93 and future U. S. Route 48, crossing over County
Route 1, also known as the Scherr Road, in Grant County, West
Virginia, be named the "W. Va. Fallen Firefighter Charles
Eugene Kessel Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel was born March 20, 1950 in
Petersburg, West Virginia, and as a child lived in several
locations in the Potomac Highlands; and
Whereas, In 1982 Charles Eugene Kessel married Betty Louise
Sions and raised two children, Tonya Kessel Blum of Tennessee,
formerly of Springfield, West Virginia, and Charles Thomas Kessel
of Maysville, West Virginia, currently a member of the West
Virginia State Police; and
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel was especially fond of the area
known as Greenland Gap, where he enjoyed hunting; and
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel was employed by the Grant County
Commission on Aging and the Grant County board of education; and
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel joined the Maysville Volunteer
Fire Department in 1975 and for twenty-seven years was a faithful
and active volunteer firefighter with the group, and served in several elected executive positions with the department; and
Whereas, The volunteer firefighter was proud to be able to
serve part of his time as a firefighter along side his son, and he
was particularly pleased to be able to serve the children and
elderly in his community by delivering "meals on wheels" and
transporting persons to various appointments; and
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel was a member of the Falls
Assembly of God Church; and
Whereas, In August of 2002, while assisting the fire department
as a firefighter and trustee, Charles Eugene Kessel was involved in
an automobile accident which left him with debilitating injuries
from which he never recovered; and
Whereas, Charles Eugene Kessel died October 16, 2006; and
Whereas, In October of 2009, Charles Eugene Kessel was honored
as a National Fallen Firefighter at the National Fire Academy in
Emmitsburg, Maryland; and
Whereas, The name of Charles Eugene Kessel has also been added
to the West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial erected on the
grounds of the State Capitol at Charleston, West Virginia;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name
bridge number 12-93.9.84 on W. Va. Corridor H, State Route 93 and
future U. S. Route 48, crossing over County Route 1, also known as the Scherr Road, in Grant County, West Virginia, the "W. Va. Fallen
Firefighter Charles Eugene Kessel 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 "W. Va. Fallen Firefighter Charles Eugene Kessel Memorial
Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to Charles Thomas
Kessel at 171 Twin Oaks Drive, Maysville, WV 26833, and a certified
copy to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.