HCR 24 Text

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24
(By Delegates Marcum, White, Moore, Tomblin and
          Phillips, R.)

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge known as the Dempsey Bottom Bridge in Dempsey, Mingo County, bridge number S330-65/75-0.01, as the "Fredrick Dempsey Bridge."
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey was born February 7, 1925; and
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey grew up during the Great Depression and helped support his family by working as a janitor at his grade school; and
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey was a Navy Seabee, serving in the 7th Battalion, 3rd Platoon, Company B, and honorably discharged on December 5, 1945; and
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey came home and married Waville Baisden, and together they have shared the joy of three children, six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren; and
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey spent forty-two and a half years working in the machine shop and driving emergency vehicles for the Island Creek Coal Company; and
     Whereas, Fredrick Dempsey serves as a deacon and Sunday school teacher in his church; and
     Whereas, It is fitting to honor Fredrick Dempsey's life and service to his country and God by naming the Dempsey Bottom Bridge after him; therefore, be it
     Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
     That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name Dempsey Bottom Bridge in Dempsey, Mingo County, bridge number S330-65/75-0.01, as the "Fredrick Dempsey 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 "Fredrick Dempsey 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 Fredrick Dempsey and his relatives.

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