SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2
(By Senators Laird, White, Chafin, Williams, Plymale and
Oliverio)
Requesting the Division of Highways name that portion of Rt. 16
from the stop light on Rt. 19 at Fayetteville to Cotton Hill
bridge as the "Robert K. "Bob" Holliday Highway"
.
Whereas,
Robert K. "Bob" Holliday served in the House of
Delegates from 1963 through 1968 and the State Senate from 1969 to
1972 and from 1981 through 1992 and was a respected member of
Senate and House Committees; and
Whereas, During his tenure in the State Legislature he served
as Chairman for the Committee on Labor, Chairman for the Committee
on Education, Chairman for the Committee on Interstate Cooperation
and Chairman for the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday graduated from Montgomery High School in
1950 where he was honored as the Outstanding Senior Student,
graduated from West Virginia University, having received a B.A.
from the West Virginia Institute of Technology Journalism and
having received a M.A. from Marshall University in Political
Science; and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday received the Pearl S. Buck Award in 1982, the Distinguished Service Award from the West Virginia School of
Osteopathic Medicine in 1983, the West Virginia Rehabilitation
Structural Barriers Award, an Honorary Doctorate in the Adult Basic
Education Program and was selected to the Who's Who in American
Universities and Colleges; and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday having served as Chairman for the Heart
Fund, Region IV Mental Health Planning Committee, President for the
Fayette Mental Health Society, Director for the West Virginia
Mental Health Association, Board Member of the Plateau Group Homes,
and Director of the New River Gorge County Development Corporation;
and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday having been a member of many community
organizations, including the Midland Trail Improvement Association,
Pi Sigma Alpha, the Fayette Needy Association, the Coal Valley
Lodge: AF:AM, the 32 Scottish Rite, Shiner, the Fayette Volunteers
and the Fayette County Young Democratic Club; and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday having owned and been the editor of a
respected newspaper, a noted author, political scientist and
television producer; and
Whereas, Mr. Holliday is a loving and devoted husband to
Deborah Bragg Holliday and father of seven children, Kelvin Edward,
Kathleen Edna, Stephen Kerr, Robert Lawson, Jeffrey Edward, Tracey
Ann and Brandon Michael; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Robert K. "Bob" Holliday for his service to his community and his state by naming the section of
Rt. 16 from the stop light on Rt. 19 at Fayetteville to Cotton Hill
bridge as the "Robert K. "Bob" Holliday Highway"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the section of Rt. 16 from the stop light on Rt. 19 at
Fayetteville to Cotton Hill bridge as the "Robert K. "Bob" Holliday
Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the roadway
as the "Robert K. "Bob" Holliday Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Senate forward a certified copy of
this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation, to Robert K. "Bob" Holliday and to his family.