Bill Text: WV HCR54 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: U. S. Army SPC 4 Thurman 'Duwayne' Young Memorial Road

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-08 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [HCR54 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2018-HCR54-Comm_Sub.html

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

for

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 54

(By Mr. Speaker (Mr. Armstead)

[Originating in the Committee on Roads and Transportation then Rules]

 

Requesting the Division of Highways to name County Route 5/5, known as Jordan Creek Road, from its intersection with U.S. Route 119, to its intersection with County Route 5/3, known as Wills Creek Road, in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army SPC Thurman ‘‘Duwayne’’ Young Memorial Road”.

Whereas, U.S. Army Specialist (SPC) Thurman “Duwayne” Young was born on April 23, 1949, in Elkview, West Virginia, a son of Carrie Marie Chaplan of Uniontown, Ohio, and the late Benjamin Thurman Young; and

Whereas, U.S. Army SPC Thurman “Duwayne” Young graduated from Herbert Hoover High School before entering the Army in 1969; he went to Vietnam serving as an Armored Personnel Carrier Operator in the Infantry and was honorably discharged in 1971.  Upon returning from serving his country, SPC Young married Linda Szeles, and they spent twenty-nine loving years together. They were the parents of three sons, Jeffery, James, and Roger, and five daughters, Carol, Lisa Anne, Claire V., Jeannie M., and Christine (deceased); and

Whereas, On August 17, 2011, at the age of sixty-two years, U.S. Army SPC Thurman “Duwayne” Young lost his hard-fought battle with cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange; and

Whereas, Naming this road is an appropriate recognition of U.S. Army SPC Thurman “Duwayne” Young’s contributions and sacrifices made in service to his country, state and community; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name County Route 5/5, known as Jordan Creek Road, from its intersection with U.S. Route 119, to its intersection with County Route 5/3, known as Wills Creek Road, in Kanawha County, the “U. S. Army SPC Thurman ‘‘Duwayne’’ Young Memorial Road”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road as the “U. S. Army SPC Thurman ‘Duwayne’’ Young Memorial Road”; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.

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