SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 56

(By Senators Kirkendoll and Stollings)

Requesting the Division of Highways name a section of County Route 3 near Chapmanville, Logan County, lying between County Route 3/1 and County Route 3/16, consisting of approximately 1.2 miles and locally known as Smoke House Fork Crawley Creek Road, the "U. S. Army Colonel Anna M. Butcher Road".

            Whereas, Anna M. Butcher was born in Shively, West Virginia, attended Chapmanville High School from 1940 to 1942 and graduated from Logan General Hospital School of Nursing in 1946; and

            Whereas, Anna M. Butcher, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Butcher, grew up with four sisters and three brothers; and

            Whereas, Anna M. Butcher entered the United States Army Nurse Corps in November 1951 and completed basic training at Fort Meade, Maryland, in December 1951; and

            Whereas, First Lieutenant Anna M. Butcher was assigned as a staff nurse to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in December 1951; and

            Whereas, First Lieutenant Anna M. Butcher enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Army Nurse Corps, reaching the rank of Colonel before retiring; and

            Whereas, Col. Anna M. Butcher completed assignments with increasing responsibilities as staff nurse, head nurse or chief nurse at U. S. Army medical facilities in Korea, Vietnam, Germany and Japan, as well as at home in Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and Washington, D. C.; and

            Whereas, Col. Anna M. Butcher’s last assignment before retiring was as Chief of the Department of Nursing at the U. S. Army Hospital in Fort Polk, Louisiana; and

            Whereas, Col. Anna M. Butcher was awarded a Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters and a Meritorious Service Medal; and

            Whereas, Following her military career, Col. Anna M. Butcher returned home to her native Logan County where she cared for her family and friends and continues to live and serve her community; and

            Whereas, It is the wish of the Legislature to commemorate the service Col. Butcher offered to her country and to the many sick and injured members of the military; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a section of West Virginia Route 3 near Chapmanville, Logan County, lying between County Route 3/1 and County Route 3/16, consisting of approximately 1.2 miles and locally known as Smoke House Fork Crawley Creek Road, the "U. S. Army Colonel Anna M. Butcher Road"; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road as the "U. S. Army Colonel Anna M. Butcher Road"; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways and to Col. Anna M. Butcher.