Committee Substitute

for

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 30

(By Senators Baldwin, Woodrum, Jeffries, Phillips, Woelfel, and Lindsay)

[Originating in the Committee on Rules; reported March 10, 2022]

 

Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 13-017/02-000.34 (13A250), (37.94358, -80.47152), locally known as Culverson Creek Bridge, carrying CR 17/2 over Culverson Creek in Greenbrier County, the “McClintic Family Veterans Memorial Bridge”.

Whereas, Five of the McClintic family served in the United States Army overseas from 1957-1979; and

Whereas, Levi McDonald McClintic was born in 1934 and attended Potomac State and West Virginia University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. He joined the United States Army in 1957 and was stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia and Bamberg, Germany. He returned to Greenbrier County and was employed as a meat inspector from 1966-1992. He and his wife Ramona Hanna have five children, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. His grandson, Christopher Wiseman, served 12 years in the United States Navy. Levi and Ramona McClintic operate the McClintic farm today; and

Whereas, Patrick Wallace McClintic was born in 1935 and attended Potomac State and West Virginia University, earning a degree in Agriculture. He joined the United States Army in 1958 and retired in 1985. Patrick “Pat” Wallace McClintic rose to the rank of Colonel and completed assignments in Fort Dix, New Jersey, Korea, Germany, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Colonel Patrick “Pat” Wallace McClintic also served two tours in Vietnam. He later served as a professor of Military Science at West Virginia University. Colonel McClintic, who died in 1995, was a recipient of the Bronze Star, and is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Bobbie Ann Cole have two children and three grandchildren; and

Whereas, James Alan McClintic was born in 1937 and joined the United States Army in 1961 after graduating from Potomac State and West Virginia University, earning a degree in Physical Education. He was stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Sill, Oklahoma for two years. He returned to Greenbrier County and taught until his retirement from Renick Junior High School/Greenbrier County public schools in 1989. James “Alan” McClintic and Frances Spencer divorced but have four children and 11 grandchildren. Son, Kevin McClintic, retired from the United States Army, and grandson Trevor Weikle has 12 years’ service in the United States Army and continues today to serve in the United States Army Reserves. James “Alan” McClintic and his wife, Dora Whitt, have two children and four grandchildren, and continue to live on and operate part of the McClintic farm; and

Whereas, Wayne Leonard McClintic was born in 1943 and was a ROTC Army cadet at West Virginia University. Upon completing a master’s degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1967, Wayne joined the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri as Second Lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers. Wayne and his wife, Thomasine Michael, have four children and eight grandchildren; and

Whereas, Bedford Rader McClintic was born in 1946 and was a ROTC Army cadet at West Virginia University. He graduated with degrees in Physical Education in 1968, and from the University of Kentucky in 1969. He entered the United States Army and served assignments in Indiana, Georgia, and overseas in Germany and Vietnam. He continued to serve in the United States Army Reserves until 1979. He served as principal of Frankford School, his alma mater, from 1978-2017, when he retired from the Greenbrier County public school system. He and his wife, Patricia Dodson, have two children and three grandchildren. His daughter, Debbie, and her husband Jason were married on the bridge in 2009. Bedford Rader McClintic and Patricia Dodson have a “camp” along the creek that borders the old Boy Scout camp, part of the original McClintic homestead; and

Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate the military service of the McClintic family and 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 13-017/02-000.34 (13A250), (37.94358, -80.47152), locally known as Culverson Creek Bridge, carrying CR 17/2 over Culverson Creek in Greenbrier County, the “McClintic Family Veterans 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 “McClintic Family Veterans 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 Commissioner of the Division of Highways.