HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 6
(By Delegates Caputo, Manchin and Prunty)
[Introduced February 26, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the
bridge on Route 250, North, across the Buffalo Creek near
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia, the "PFC Norville
Clinton Shock, Veterans Memorial Bridge."
Whereas, Norville C. Shock was born November 5, 1921, at
Clarksburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia and was inducted into
the United States Army from Mannington; and
Whereas, Private First Class Shock, while serving as a member
of Company L, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, was
seriously wounded during the Rhineland campaign in Germany on
February 27, 1945, when he was shot four times in the spine and
legs, resulting in paralysis from the waist down; and
Whereas, For his great valor and sacrifice, Private First Class
Shock was awarded the two battle stars and the Purple Heart; and
Whereas, Private First Class Shock, who died too young, at age
40, on July 19, 1962, at the Veteran's Hospital in Clarksburg, West
Virginia, from the residuals of the wounds sustained by him serving
his country, left a widow, Pauline Virginia Shock, and children,
Renee Shock (now Efaw), Timothy Charles Shock and Sheila Shock (now Doshen); and
Whereas, Private First Class Shock, a husband, father, patriot
and hero returned home a paraplegic war victim and built a
specially constructed home through the efforts of the Veterans
Administration; every day he lived in this home, with ramps for his
wheelchair instead of steps, he held a flag raising ceremony; his
war experiences and the life he lived, after returning home from
the war and his hospitalization, is a tribute to his short life and
well represents all Marion County and West Virginia veterans who
have served their country and either paid the ultimate price for
this service or who returned to their homes the victims of other
war inflicted sacrifices; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia
Division of Highways to name the bridge on Route 250, North, across
the Buffalo Creek near Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia,
the "PFC Norville Clinton Shock, Veterans Memorial Bridge"; and, be
it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways cause an
appropriate sign to be placed at either end of this bridge which
designates the bridge as the "PFC Norville Clinton Shock, Veterans
Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, to each of PFC Shock's surviving
children, and to the Capitol Press Corp.