Bill Text: WV HCR42 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-09 - Completed legislative action [HCR42 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-HCR42-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 42
By Delegates Atkinson, Westfall, D. Jeffries, J. Kelly, and Canestraro
(Originating in the Committee on Technology and
Infrastructure
February 25, 2019)
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number :44-7-3.42 (44A015), locally known as Grace Bridge, carrying County Route 7 over Spring Creek in Roane County, the “U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Joseph Allen Ashley was born in Akron, Ohio on September 4, 1980, the son of Daniel Ashley and Vicki Ashley; and
Whereas, Joseph Allen Ashley attended Manchester High School where he was a member of the marching and graduated in 1999; he was also a member of Boy Scout Troop 118; and
Whereas, Joseph Allen Ashley chose to follow his father’s footsteps and enlisted in the U. S. Navy on April 26, 2001; he achieved a milestone in his career as a Submariner by earning the coveted Enlisted Silver “Dolphins”: and
Whereas, Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley spent his summers and leave time from the Navy in Roane County at a cabin his parents built in 1997; and
Whereas, Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley died at age 24 on January 9, 2005 from injuries suffered in a submarine accident aboard the USS San Francisco 350 miles south of Guam in the Pacific; and
Whereas, Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley was survived by his parents, Daniel and Vicki Ashley and two brothers, Daniel Ashley, Jr. and Benjamin Ashley; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley 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 name bridge number :44-7-3.42 (44A015), locally known as Grace Bridge, carrying County Route 7 over Spring Creek in Roane County, the “U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2d Class Joseph Allen Ashley Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
