HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 83
(By Delegate Boggs)
Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge on County
Rt. 40 near Herold in Braxton County, bridge number 04-40-
8.80, as the "Carmel M. Johnson Memorial Bridge".
Whereas, Carmel M. Johnson was born on October 18, 1905 in
Braxton County, died on August 31, 1999 and was a charter member of
the Peters Ridge Community Church; and
Whereas, Mr. Johnson, during 1921 and 1922, helped build the
original bridge near Herold that the present one replaces; and
Whereas, While building the original bridge, Mr. Johnson worked
ten hour days, walked three miles to and from the work site and was
instrumental in the workers' efforts in getting their pay increased
from 15 cents per hour to 25 cents per hour; and
Whereas, Mr. Johnson worked at the Goodrich plant in Charleston
during the 1940's, drove a school bus in Braxton County for
seventeen years and founded the Johnson Campground near Herold; and
Whereas, Mr. Johnson was an avid outdoors man who loved hunting
and fishing, gospel sings and helping his neighbors; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Carmel M. Johnson for his
service to his community and his state by naming the bridge on
County Rt. 40 near Herold in Braxton County, bridge number 04-40-8.80, as the "Carmel M. Johnson Memorial Bridge"; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways
to name the bridge on County Rt. 40 near Herold in Braxton County,
bridge number 04-40-8.80, as the "Carmel M. Johnson 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 "Carmel M. Johnson 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, to his sons, Bill Johnson and John
Johnson and to his daughters, Mary Jo Browning and Anna Mae Murphy.
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