COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 19

(By Senators Stollings, Kirkendoll, Unger, Plymale and Jenkins)

[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]

Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 022-11/00-7.59, known as the Branchland Beam Span, located 0.12 miles north of State Route 10 in Lincoln County, the "U. S. Army Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman Memorial Bridge".

    Whereas, Paul Norman Chapman was born October 18, 1919, in Lincoln County, the son of Albert and Norma Chapman of Branchland, Lincoln County. He had a brother, Corporal Lyle Chapman, and sister, Virginia Chapman. He graduated from Guyan Valley High School; and

    Whereas, Paul Norman Chapman enlisted in the United States Army in Huntington, West Virginia, at age twenty; and

    Whereas, Paul Norman Chapman was mortally wounded while effecting a landing under fire at Casablanca on November 9, 1942. An award of the Purple Heart was made posthumously; and

    Whereas, Paul Norman Chapman made the ultimate sacrifice for his country and in doing so represented Branchland, Lincoln County, West Virginia, and his country with the highest levels of honor and courage and his sacrifice should not go unnoticed; and

    Whereas, Naming the Branchland Beam Span bridge in Lincoln County for him is an appropriate recognition of his ultimate sacrifice for 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 022-11/00-7.59, known as the Branchland Beam Span, located 0.12 miles north of State Route 10 in Lincoln County, the "U. S. Army Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman 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 Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman Memorial Bridge"; and, be it

    Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the surviving family members of Sergeant Paul Norman Chapman.