Bill Text: WV HCR90 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: The U. S. Army CPL Wilson B. Lambert, Jr., Memorial Road

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Communicated to Senate [HCR90 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2015-HCR90-Introduced.html

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 90

(By Delegates Eldridge, Reynolds, Marcum, Moffatt,

                                      R. Phillips, Hornbuckle, Morgan and Rodigihero)

 

 

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the road from the beginning of Sand Creek Road on CR 10/15 at the bend of the Guyandotte River and SR 10 running one-half mile on Sand Creek Road in Lincoln County, the "U. S. Army CPL Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. Memorial Road".

            Whereas, Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. was born on June 14, 1930 in Harts, Lincoln County, West Virginia. Corporal Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. was an infantryman in the Heavy Mortar Co, 38^th Infantry Regiment, 2^nd Division, Korea and was injured on February 13, 1951 in Wonju Korea. He received a Purple Heart Combat Infantry Badge and Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars. Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. returned to West Virginia where he worked in coal mining and construction. He died on May 5, 2011; and

            Whereas, Naming the road from the beginning of Sand Creek Road on CR 10/15 at the bend of the Guyandotte River and SR 10 running one-half mile on Sand Creek Road in Lincoln County, the "U. S. Army CPL Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. Memorial Road" is an appropriate recognition of his service to his country, state and Lincoln County; therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name the road from the beginning of Sand Creek Road on CR 10/15 at the bend of the Guyandotte River and SR 10 running one-half mile on Sand Creek Road in Lincoln County, the "U. S. Army CPL Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. Memorial Road"; and, be it

            Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road the "U. S. Army CPL Wilson B. Lambert, Jr. Memorial Road"; 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 the surviving family of Wilson B. Lambert, Jr.