HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 53

(By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead) and Delegate Boggs)

[Introduced March 7, 2017]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 04-5/6-7.33 (O4A193), (latitude 38.75026, longitude -80.74277), locally known as the Riffle Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 5/6 over Perkins Fork of Cedar Creek in Braxton County, as the “US Army Corporal Jerry Lee Noble Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Corporal Jerry Lee Noble was born on March 28, 1932, in Breathett County, Kentucky, the son of George Noble and Loraine Cole Noble.  Jerry Lee Noble grew up and attended a one room school in the Braxton County community of Riffle.  He was inducted into the US Army on October 8, 1952, as a Private First Class; and served in the Korean War and was wounded and reported missing in action on July 9, 1953; and

Whereas, Corporal Jerry Lee Noble was discharged from the US Army on November 18, 1954.  During his service in the United States Army, Corporal Jerry Lee Noble was awarded the Bronze Star for heroic action along with the Purple Heart.  He was married to Marlene Hunter Noble and they were the parents of Jerry Don Noble, Janet Noble Gibson, and Beverly Noble Smith; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate the service of Corporal Jerry Lee Noble; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name bridge number 04-5/6-7.33 (04A193), (latitude 38.75026, longitude -80.74277), locally known as the Riffle Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 5/6 over Perkins Fork of Cedar Creek in Braxton County, as the “US Army Corporal Jerry Lee Noble 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 “US Army Corporal Jerry Lee Noble Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.