HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 30

(By Delegates Brown, Proudfoot, DeLong, Hrutkay,

Spencer, Hatfield, Wells, Paxton, Palumbo and Amores)


Naming the bridge located on Point Lick Drive in Campbells Creek, West Virginia, which traverses Campbells Creek, the "Jimmie D. Bays Bridge."

Whereas, Jimmie D. Bays was a native and resident of Campbells Creek, West Virginia, being born in 1932; and
Whereas, Mr. Bays was a member of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Second Infantry Division in the United States Army, where he served with great distinction, displaying great acts of heroism as a Private First Class during the Korean Conflict; and
Whereas, Private Bays was killed in action on September 5, 1950 while, on behalf of United Nations forces, he was defending South Korean soil from an incursion of an overwhelmingly superior numerical force of communist North Korean invaders; and
Whereas, As the result of his great acts of gallantry upon the field of battle, Private Bays was awarded posthumously a Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal; and
Whereas, The magnitude and scope of Private Bays' acts of gallantry exist, undiluted by the passage of time, and are best exemplified by the ultimate sacrifice he selflessly made having but barely reached the chronological threshold of adulthood and having not yet attained the prime of his youth; a greatly premature passage from the earthly bonds of life and family for one hardly above the age of eighteen; and
Whereas, Private Bays' acts of great courage and gallantry should not go without recognition and tribute from this Legislative body; and
Whereas, As a small token of the entirety of this Legislative body's recognition, gratitude and respect for Private Bays' selfless acts of heroism, undertaken on behalf of his fellow countrymen and citizens of the world, on a foreign battlefield many thousands of miles away from his beloved West Virginia, it is hereby decreed that the bridge located on Point Lick Drive in Campbells Creek, West Virginia, which traverses Campbells Creek, be named the "Jimmie D. Bays Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the bridge located on Point Lick Drive in Campbells Creek, West Virginia, which traverses Campbell's Creek, the "Jimmie D. Bays Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to post signs at each entrance of the above-designated bridge, with words, printed in bold and prominent fashion, designating the bridge as the "Jimmie D. Bays Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates is hereby requested to provide a certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Bays' surviving brother, Doyle Bays, the Department of the United States Army in Washington, D.C., and to the State Commissioner of Highways.