SCR 24 — USMC CPL Roger Lee Boothe Memorial Road

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Red = new code to be enacted Committee Substitute for SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24 By Senators Stollings and Phillips [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 26, 2022]   Requesting the DivisionCommittee ofon HighwaysRules; name a portion of Route 85, beginning at the southern end of Dunlap Brothers Road at Uneeda and ending one-mile south near Quinland in Madison County, as the “U.S.

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andMarine Whereas,Corps CPL Roger Lee Boothe graduatedMemorial fromRoad”. Scott High School and at age 18 he entered the Marine Corps;

and Whereas, WhileRoger atLee QuangBoothe Tri,was Vietnamborn within onlyLogan eightCounty dayson leftAugust until20, his1947, deploymentand home,moved the bunker to whichUneeda CPLin RogerBoone LeeCounty Bootheat wasthe assignedage wasof shelled,three leavingand himwas paralyzedraised fromthere; the waist down;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe graduated from Scott High School and, at age 18, he entered the Marine Corps;

and Whereas, While at Quang Tri, Vietnam, with only eight days left until his deployment home, the bunker to which CPL Roger Lee Boothe was assigned was shelled, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe went on to earn a chemistry degree from West Virginia State University,University and then tosuccessfully Westcompleted Virginiathe Universitypharmacy whereprogram heat successfullyWest completedVirginia theirUniversity; Pharmacy Program;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe returned to Uneeda to help his mother who was ill,ill. and also opened a pharmacy there in 1976 to help his community;

He opened a pharmacy there in 1976 to help his community;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe always had an interest in sports,sports. he played basketball and baseball as a left-handed pitcher in high school;

He played basketball and baseball as a left-handed pitcher in high school;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe also became interested in flying, learned to fly ultralight planes, and even built his own airplane whereand he customized it with hand controls;

and Whereas, CPL Roger Lee Boothe was a very humble, private person,person. and he did not speak of his many outreach and assistance efforts on his own, this information was gathered by family and friends who love and appreciate him;

He did not speak of his many outreach and assistance efforts on his own, and this information was gathered by family and friends who love and appreciate him;

nieces, Wendy Miller, London GibsonGibson, and Dee-Dee Seagraves;

That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a portion Route 85, beginning at the southern end of Dunlap Brothers Road at Uneeda and ending one-mile south near Quinland in MadisonBoone County, the “U.S.

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