Bill Text: WV SCR3 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Charlie Lee Jordan Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-11 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SCR3 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-SCR3-Introduced.html
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3
(By Senator Stuart)
[Introduced January 10, 2024]
Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan was born on June 16, 1928, in Kanawha County, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan was a lifelong resident of West Virginia; and
Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan spent his career working as a coal miner at Carbon Fuel in Winifrede, starting at the young age of 13; and
Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan married his wife Ethel Perdue in 1952, where they raised their five children in a home across from the bridge to be named in his memory; and
Whereas, Sadly, Charlie Lee Jordan passed away on December 30, 2009, at the age of 81; and
Whereas, Charlie Lee Jordan had four daughters, one son, two brothers, and a sister, as well as eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren; and
Whereas, It is fitting to honor Charlie Lee Jordan with naming a bridge in the community he grew up in and worked in throughout his life; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 20-077/01-004.44 (20A822), (38.17354, -81.5636), locally known as Fields Creek BR NO. 4.44, carrying CR 77/01 over Fields Creek in Kanawha County in the community of Winifrede in Kanawha County, as the "Charlie Lee Jordan 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 "Charlie Lee Jordan Memorial Bridge"; 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.
