Bill Text: WV HCR46 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: PVT Jack C. Evans Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-09 - Completed legislative action [HCR46 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-HCR46-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46
(By Delegates Sponaugle, Hartman, N. Brown, Staggers, Barrett, Caputo, Miley, Diserio, Angelucci, S. Brown and Boggs)
[Introduced February 1, 2019]
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 16-55/2C-3.76, crossing U. S. 48 at the East Moorefield exit, locally known as the Cunningham Lane Bridge in Moorefield, Hardy County, the “PVT Jack C. Evans Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Jackie Carson Evans was born October 15, 1949, in Petersburg, West Virginia to Harry V. Evans and Lucy May Kevner Evans; and
Whereas, Jackie Carson Evans grew up in Moorefield West Virginia and graduated from Washington-Lee High School in northern Virginia in 1969; and
Whereas, Jack Evans was drafted during the Vietnam War as a Private in the U. S. Army; and
Whereas, After the war PVT Evans married his wife Sandra in 1976 and moved back to Moorefield, West Virginia where they bought Harper’s Motel which is now the Evans Motel, which he operated until his death in 2016; and
Whereas, PVT Evans served on the Moorefield Planning Commission and was a Hardy County elections poll worker for over 30 years; and
Whereas, PVT Evans was a member of American Legion Post 64 in Moorefield and served in the Moorefield Volunteer Fire Company; and
Whereas, PVT Evans was an outdoorsman, an avid fisherman, golfer, and a member of the Valley View Golf Club for many years. PVT Evans often hunted the land around the bridge to be named for him; and
Whereas, PVT Evans is survived by his wife Sandra and two sons, Jason R. Evans and Justin M. Evans, and four granddaughters; and
Whereas, It is fitting that a permanent memorial be established to honor the life and service of PVT Jack C. Evans to both his country and the city of Moorefield West Virginia; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 16-55/2C-3.76, crossing U. S. 48 at the East Moorefield exit, and locally known as the Cunningham Lane Bridge in Moorefield, Hardy County, the “PVT Jack C. Evans Memorial Bridge”; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of the Division of Highways is hereby requested to erect signs at both ends of the bridge containing bold and prominent letters proclaiming the bridge as the “PVT Jack C. Evans 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.
