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.