Bill Text: WV HCR4 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

West Virginia House Concurrent Resolution 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: John B. Short Memorial Bridge

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-12 - House Message received [HCR4 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2022-HCR4-Amended.html

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4

(By Delegates Mazzocchi and Bridges)

[Introduced January 12, 2022]

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 23-10/7-0.01(23A048), locally known as the Gillman Bottom Bridge carrying CR 10/7 over Huff Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, the “U.S. Army Air Corps Sergeant John B. Short Memorial Bridge””.

Whereas, John B. Short was born in 1923, the son of LeRoy and Linda Jackson Short of Davin, West Virginia. He was a graduate of Man High School in 1942 and enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1943, where he served until 1946.

Whereas, After completing electrician training in Michigan, John B. Short returned to West Virginia and married Ruby K. Nunley. They had seven children; and

Whereas, John B. Short worked as Chief Electrician with Pittston Coal Company until he retired in 1986; and

Whereas, John B. Short was an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman; and

Whereas, John B. Short passed away in 2008; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate this individual who meant so much to his family and community; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 23-10/7-0.01(23A048), locally known as the Gillman Bottom Bridge carrying CR 10/7 over Huff Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, the “U.S. Army Air Corps Sergeant John B. Short 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 “U.S. Army Air Corps Sergeant John B. Short John B. Short Memorial Bridge”; 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.