SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 27
(By Senator Chafin)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 2892 on
State Route 119 in Mingo County the "Ida and Isaac 'Ike'
Newsome, Sr., Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Ida Newsome was born February 22, 1905, the daughter
of Joseph and Mary Rose Evans; and
Whereas, Ida Newsome taught in the Mingo County school system
for more than 30 years and served for 28 years on the Mingo County
Democratic Executive Committee as a representative of the Old
Hardee District; and
Whereas, Isaac "Ike" Newsome, Sr., was born January 16, 1903,
the son of John Wesley and Tennessee Horton Newsome; and
Whereas, Isaac "Ike" Newsome, Sr., was a timberman, Mingo
County jailer, coal miner and supervisory official of the Division
of Highways; and
Whereas, Ida and Isaac "Ike" Newsome, Sr., were married
November 23, 1923, at Naugatuck, Mingo County, where they raised
seven children; and
Whereas, Ida and Isaac "Ike" Newsome, Sr., were dedicated to
their community for many years and contributed much to those who
were less fortunate; and
Whereas, It is fitting that bridge number 2892 on State Route 119 in Mingo County be named the "Ida and Isaac 'Ike' Newsome, Sr.,
Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name bridge number 2892 on State Route 119 in Mingo County the
"Ida and Isaac 'Ike' Newsome, Sr., Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested
to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the "Ida
and Isaac 'Ike' Newsome, Sr., 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 to the family of Ida and Isaac
"Ike" Newsome, Sr.