Bill Text: WV SCR45 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Requesting DOH name Smoke House Fork Crawley Creek Road in Logan County "U. S. Army Colonel Anna M. Butcher Road"
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-03 - To House Rules [SCR45 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2014-SCR45-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 45
(By Senators Kirkendoll, Stollings, Plymale and Jenkins)
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]
Requesting the Division of Highways to name a section of West Virginia Route 3 near Chapmanville, Logan County, West Virginia, 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 of 1951, and completed basic training at Fort Meade, Maryland, in December of 1951; and
Whereas, First Lieutenant Anna M. Butcher was assigned as a staff nurse to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in December, 1951; and
Whereas, 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, Army 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 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, West Virginia, 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 Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the roadway containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the road to be 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.
