SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 31
(By Senators Ross, Helmick, Hunter, Sharpe and Unger)
Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge spanning the
Blackwater River at milepost 5.7 as the "E. F. 'Buck' and Nell
Jane West Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, E. F. "Buck" and Nell Jane West lived their lives in
West Virginia and instilled a love of the state and its natural
beauty in their five children; and
Whereas, E. F. "Buck" West worked for the Division of Highways
from the 1920s through the late 1980s, retiring when he was in his
seventies, and contributed his labor and expertise to many state
road projects, including the WPA road construction over difficult
terrain in Randolph County; and
Whereas, Nell Jane West was a middle school teacher in Upshur
County and is remembered fondly by generations of students; and
Whereas, E. F. "Buck" and Nell Jane West sent their five
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren into the world with
an abiding love for their home state of West Virginia; and
Whereas, It is fitting that this bridge near Canaan Valley
that they so loved be named in the memory of these hardworking
public servants whose descendants still call West Virginia home;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
name the bridge spanning the Blackwater River at milepost 5.7 as
the "E. F. 'Buck' and Nell Jane West Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways provide and
erect signs at either end of the bridge displaying the name "E. F.
'Buck' and Nell Jane West Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation and the family of E. F. "Buck" and
Nell Jane West, including their surviving daughters, Jane West
Ralston, Linda West Pertz, Pam Schneeman and Jenny Lynne West.