Bill Text: WV SCR9 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: US Army PFC Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-09 - House Message received [SCR9 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2019-SCR9-Introduced.html
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 9
(By Senators Hamilton, Boso, Jeffries, Maynard, Smith, Sypolt, Maroney, and Lindsay)
[Introduced January 14, 2019]
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 49-32-12.86 (49A061), locally known as Alton Deck Girder, carrying County Route 32 over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, the “U. S. Army PFC Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Winten L. Wayts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard H. Wayts, of Alton, Upshur County, West Virginia, was born February 13, 1933, at Alton; and
Whereas, PFC Winten L. Wayts served in the U.S. Army as a member of the 712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion; and
Whereas, On August 22, 1951, PFC Winten L. Wayts died as a result of injuries he sustained from falling from a train while on duty as a brakeman near Seoul, South Korea; and
Whereas, PFC Winten L. Wayts’ remains are buried at Indian Camp Cemetery at French Creek, West Virginia; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate PFC Winten L. Wayts who lost his life in service to his country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 49-32-12.86 (49A061), locally known as Alton Deck Girder, carrying County Route 32 over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, the “U. S. Army PFC Winten L. Wayts 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 PFC Winten L. Wayts 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.