HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
(By Delegates Lane, Armstead and Walters)
Requesting the Division of Highways name the bridge located on
Jakes Run Road off Frame Road in Elkview, West Virginia, the
"Private James C. Summers Memorial Bridge."
Whereas, James Summers was born in Kanawha County February 14,
1838; and
Whereas, James Summers was a private in Company H, 4th West
Virginia Infantry; and
Whereas, Private Summers was awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor on February 25th, 1895 for gallantry at Vicksburg,
Mississippi, on May 22nd, 1863; and
Whereas, Private Summers fought and lived through the charge of
the "volunteer storming party" in which 3,000 fellow soldiers gave
the ultimate sacrifice for the preservation of the Union;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
name the bridge located on Jakes Run Road off Frame Road in
Elkview, West Virginia, the "Private James C. Summers Memorial
Bridge;" 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
Secretary of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Division of
Highways and the family of Private James C. Summers.