HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 43
(By Delegate Perdue and Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge in Lavalette
in Wayne County on Route 152, bridge number 50-152-40.39, as
the "Perdue Brothers Memorial Bridge WWII Veterans Walter,
Riley, James, Norman, Omer, Earl".
Whereas, Walter Perdue, Riley Perdue, James Perdue, Norman
Perdue,
Omer Perdue and Earl Perdue were brothers from Wayne
County; and
Whereas, All six Perdue brothers served in the U. S. Armed
Forces during the Second World War
; and
Whereas, Omer Perdue lost his life during the Battle of the
Bulge on December 23, 1944
; and
Whereas,
The other five brothers have also passed away
; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Walter Perdue, Riley Perdue,
James Perdue, Norman Perdue,
Omer Perdue and Earl Perdue
for their
service to their community, their state and their country by naming
the bridge
in Lavalette in Wayne County on Route 152
, bridge number
50-152-40.39
, as the "Perdue Brothers Memorial Bridge WWII Veterans
Walter, Riley, James, Norman, Omer, Earl"
;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the bridge
in Lavalette in Wayne County on Route 152
,
bridge number 50-152-40.39
, as the "Perdue Brothers Memorial Bridge
WWII Veterans Walter, Riley, James, Norman, Omer, Earl"
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby
requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge
as the
"Perdue Brothers Memorial Bridge WWII Veterans Walter,
Riley, James, Norman, Omer, Earl"
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation and to the Perdue brothers' last
surviving sibling, their sister Ruby Perdue Steffen
.