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SENATE CONCURRENT Resolution 4(By Senators Maynard and Phillips)[Introduced January 17, 2023] Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 30-3/5-14.73 (30A291), 37.89343, -82.23993. The original name being Kirk Beam Span Bridge feature intersected West Fork of Twelvepole Creek bridge number 30-3/5-14.73 (30A291), (37.89343, -82.23993), locally known as Kirk Beam Span Bridge, carrying CR 3/5 over West Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Mingo county, the "Ira 'Noon' Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge''.Whereas, Ira ''Noon'' Copley was born in 1926 in Wilsondale, West Virginia, to Lawrence and Nora Copley; andWhereas, Ira ''Noon'' Copley attended Burch High School in Delbarton, West Virginia; andWhereas, After graduating, Ira “Noon” Copley enlisted in the Navy on January 22, 1944; andWhereas, Upon his release from the Navy on November 6, 1945, Ira ''Noon'' Copley returned home and drove a taxicab, worked on a sawmill, and eventually owned his own sawmill and lumber yard. He started High Spur Coal Company with Shorty Hartman of Logan, West Virginia, and started Lady K Coal in Dingess, West Virginia. Ira ''Noon'' Copley was an innovator and risk-taker. He developed what was then called a ''coal tube''. Although many said his idea would not work, he built and successfully maintained the only two in this part of the country; andWhereas, Ira ''Noon'' Copley was responsible for an ambulance service in Dingess, West Virginia, and, when funds didn’t come in as expected, he gave quietly every month to keep it going. He also provided land and helped to bring in a medical facility, through Logan General Hospital, which served the community of Dingess for many years; andWhereas, Ira and Marie Copley not only made an impact in Dingess, by providing jobs and giving thousands of dollars to local churches, but their impact was felt in faraway places. They built the Han Young Theological Seminary in Seoul Korea. Ira ''Noon'' Copley’s last project before his death was to provide a landfill in order to clean up garbage and debris littered across Mingo, Logan, and Wayne counties. Unfortunately, with his untimely death, the project came to a halt; and Whereas, Ira and Marie Copley touched many lives with their heart for giving and helping others; andWhereas, Ira ''Noon'' Copley died on April 30, 1988, and Marie Copley died on March 19, 2018; andWhereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate Ira ''Noon'' Copley and Marie Copley and their 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 30-3/5-14.73 (30A291), 37.89343, -82.23993. The original name being Kirk Beam Span Bridge feature intersected, West Fork of Twelvepole Creek bridge number 30-3/5-14.73 (30A291), (37.89343, -82.23993), locally known as Kirk Beam Span Bridge, carrying CR 3/5 over West Fork of Twelvepole Creek in Mingo county, the "Ira 'Noon' Copley and Marie Copley 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 ''Ira 'Noon' Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge''; and, be itFurther 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.


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