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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 57
(By Delegates Hartman and Campbell)
Requesting that bridge number 42-219-1.59 on U. S. Route 219 across
the Tygart River at Elkwater, Randolph County, West Virginia,
be named the "Fire Chief Lyle Ware Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Lyle Ware was born June 24, 1924, at Valley Head, West
Virginia, the son of Wilson Lyle Ware and Ada Snyder Ware; and
Whereas, Lyle Ware married Mary Dott Reed May 19, 1943. The
couple raised two sons, Roger Ware and Fred Lyle Ware, Jr., and are
survived by several generations of relatives living in West
Virginia; and
Whereas, Lyle Ware attended schools of Valley Head, West
Virginia and graduated from Tygarts Valley High School in 1942;
and
Whereas, Lyle Ware was in the United States Navy during World
War II and was a member of a clean up team in Hawaii, following the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour; and
Whereas, Lyle Ware worked thirty years as a coal miner for
Island Creek Coal Company at Bayard, WV, owned and operated a
business, the Gormania Trading Post, for fifteen years and was a
member of the Mount Storm Lions Club; and
Whereas, Lyle Ware was one of seven men who established the
Valley Head Volunteer Fire Department, and served as fire chief of
the department for forty-seven years; and
Whereas, While serving as fire chief, Lyle Ware was
instrumental in providing ambulance service to his community for
thirty years, the purchasing of five new fire trucks, obtaining the
"jaws of life" equipment, building a new fire station, and many
other projects; and
Whereas, Concerned about providing needed water for his area,
Fire Chief Lyle Ware, along with other members of the Valley Head
Volunteer Fire Department, partnered with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture to install four fire hydrants in the fire district.
Chief Ware also worked with the Upper Tygart Valley River Water
Shed organization to provide southern Randolph County residents
much needed safe potable water and increased fire protection
through establishment of the Elkwater Dam; and
Whereas, Fire Chief Lyle Ware was awarded Randolph County
Fireman of the Year in 1989 and was presented the Distinguished
Mountaineer award in 2006 by Governor Manchin; and
Whereas, Fire Chief Lyle Ware served as president of the
Randolph County Fire Association and belonged to the West Virginia
Fire Chiefs' Association and the West Virginia Firemen's
Association; and
Whereas, The Legislature finds it is fitting to recognize and honor the outstanding public service of Lyle Ware; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That bridge number 42-219-1.59 on U. S. Route 219 across the
Tygart River at Elkwater, Randolph County, West Virginia, be named
the "Fire Chief Lyle Ware 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 "Fire Chief Lyle Ware Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of
the Division of Highways and to members of the Lyle Ware family.