COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.78

(By Delegates Eldridge, Barker, Hartman,

           Sponaugle, Lynch and Campbell)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-37/2-3.40 (22A125) crossing Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, as the “U.S. Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge.”

    Whereas, Cornelious Wiley was born May 24, 1921, in Ranger, Lincoln County, West Virginia; and

    Whereas, Cornelious Wiley served in the Army 80th Division, 905th Field Artillery Battalion; and

    Whereas, Cornelious Wiley died serving his country on September 1, 1944; and

    Whereas, It is fitting to honor Cornelious Wiley’s life and service by naming the bridge at the mouth of Barberry Road after him; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name bridge number 22-37/2-3.40 (22A125) crossing Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, as the “U.S. Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge”; 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 “U.S. Army PFC Cornelious Wiley Memorial Bridge”; 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 Cornelious Wiley’s surviving relatives.