Bill Text: WV HCR106 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-25 - To House Technology and Infrastructure [HCR106 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HCR106-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 106
(By Delegates R. Thompson, Hicks, Rodighiero and Lovejoy)
[Introduced February 25, 2020]
Requesting the Division of Highways informally name Keyser Street in Wayne, in Wayne County, the “U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard”.
Whereas, Lewis Glenn Mills was born on October 24, 1922, in a log cabin on Ed's Branch in East Lynn, West Virginia. He was the ninth born of the 11 Mills children in his family. His father passed away when he was just seven years old. When he was 14 years old, he left school and home to work in the Civilian Conservation Corps to support his family during the Great Depression. He worked on Black Mountain, in Pocahontas County, WV, and helped cut timbers for the railroad until he enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 21; and
Whereas, In 1943, Lewis Glenn was stationed on the U.S.S. Sims where he served as a gunner to a 40 caliber machine gun, and a Water Tender when his ship was not in duress. His ship escorted supply ships from New York to Derry, Ireland for almost two years. During this time, his boat protected the supply ships against Nazi submarines (U-Boats). His ship was then reassigned to the Pacific when the theater of war shifted from Europe to Asia in 1944. He spent over one year in the hospital recovering from his wounds and extreme exposure, after he was severely wounded in 1944; and
Whereas, Lewis Glenn was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy on April 28, 1945, and returned home to Wayne, West Virginia. He mined coal in East Lynn, but soon decided to go back to school to make a better living. He attended Marshall College where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in elementary education then his master’s degree in School Administration. He taught elementary school at Hobbs Elementary, Dunlow Elementary, Genoa Elementary and East Lynn Elementary. He then became principal at Dunlow Elementary and Genoa Elementary; and
Whereas, Lewis Glenn served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1961 to 1964 and was a member of West Virginia’s Centennial House. One of his accomplishments included cosponsoring of the bill that made Marshall College, Marshall University. He then ran for Assessor for Wayne County and won his next six elections, serving a total of 24 years as the Assessor of Wayne County. During those years, Lewis Glenn also served as an EMT for Wayne County 911, was a member of the Odd Fellows, served as Chairman of the Board of Prestera, and was designated a Silver Leader of the Disabled American Veterans or D.A.V. On June 12, 1982, he was appointed by A. James Manchin as West Virginia’s Ambassador of Humanitarianism. Lewis Glenn was an avid supporter of mental health and the working class during his entire tenure as a public servant; and
Whereas, Lewis Glenn Mills retired with over 40 years of public service in 1988 and enjoyed being with his wife Erma Ferguson Mills and family until he passed away February 11, 2010, at the age of 87, at his home on Keyser Street where he resided for nearly six decades; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate U.S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class V-6 Lewis Glenn Mills and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to informally name Keyser Street, in Wayne, in Wayne County, the “U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs containing bold and prominent letters identifying the street as the “U. S. Navy, Water Tender 3rd Class, V-6, Lewis Glenn Mills Memorial Boulevard”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
