HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 41

(By Delegates R. Thompson, Paxton, Leach, Morgan, Craig, Perdue, Martin, Howard, Browning, Webb, Kominar, Smirl, Sobonya, Anderson, Hamilton, Long and H. White)


[Introduced February 13, 2003; referred to the

Committee on Rules.]


Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name that portion of highway beginning on State Route 75 at mile post 0.00 and extending to milepost 0.73, and including that portion of U.S. Route 52 extending from mile post 4.68 and terminating at mile post 16.59, the "Big Green Memorial Highway."

Whereas, On November 14, 1970, seventy-five passengers, including the Marshall University football team, coaches, faculty, fans and flight crew perished in a tragic plane crash while returning to Tri-State Airport after a football game against East Carolina University; and
Whereas, The tragic plane crash occurred in an area near that section of aforementioned highways and the City of Kenova in Wayne County; and
Whereas, The City Council of Kenova conceived the idea of naming the "Big Green Memorial Highway" in honor of the plane crash victims, and the Big Green Scholarship Foundation affiliated with Marshall University wholeheartedly endorsed the proposal; and
Whereas, The memory of the seventy-five persons who perished in the November 14, 1970, plane crash still lives in the hearts and minds of their family and friends, and the entire Marshall University community, and thus it is only fitting that these highways so near the site of the tragic crash be memorialized in their name ; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia Division of Highways to name that portion of highway beginning on State Route 75 at mile post 0.00 and extending to milepost 0.73, and including that portion of U.S. Route 52 extending from mile post 4.68 and terminating at mile post 16.59, the "Big Green Memorial Highway"; and, be it
 Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways cause appropriate signs to be placed so designating the "Big Green Memorial Highway," and that two historical plaques recounting the tragic plane crash be placed on the northbound and southbound lanes of the "Big Green Highway" in the vicinity of the flight path of the plane; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, the City of Kenova and the Big Green Scholarship Foundation.