SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 27

(By Senators Stollings, Klempa and Yost)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 3-119/10-0.04 on County Route 119/10 at mile marker 0.04 at Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia, the “PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. Memorial Bridge”.

    Whereas, PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett was born to Ottie Bennett and Chloe Bennett and was raised in Greenview, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett entered the United States Army in 1951, served as an advance scout and was killed in action in the Korean War on October 3, 1951; and

    Whereas, PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett was awarded the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal and the Rifleman’s Medal; and

    Whereas, PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett died leaving a widow, Mary Lou Browning and a son, Bobbie Ray Bennett; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr., also from Greenview, West Virginia, was born on July 1, 1931, to Oliver Ball, Sr. and Myrtle Ball; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. entered the United States Army and died while serving in Korea during the Korean War; and

    Whereas, PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. was awarded the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal and the Rifleman’s Medal; and 

    Whereas, PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. served their country with honor and distinction and gave the ultimate sacrifice; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 3-119/10-0.04 on County Route 119/10 at mile marker 0.04 at Greenview, Boone County, West Virginia, the “PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. 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 “PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr. Memorial Bridge”; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the families of PVT Clyde Whitman (Bobbie) Bennett and PFC Oliver Ball, Jr.