Byrd Drive memories mark West Virginia tribute
A 17 mile Robert C. Byrd Drive through Sophia and Beckley reflects the longtime senator’s influence as residents recall his rise from coal country. Flags lower to half staff as businesses and locals share anecdotes of his federal funding impact and public service, with Gov. Manchin expected to name a replacement.
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Sophia
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Beckley
Byrd
Ted Milam
Washington
Milam
Byrd's Mercer County Homecoming Visit Recalled
Sen Robert Byrd the oldest and longest serving U S Senator visited his boyhood Mercer County farm site on a bleak day. Descriptions recall his early life with neighbors teachers and a moonshine arrest involving his father. Byrd read from his autobiography at the Vaught home as local residents applauded.
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Daily Telegraph
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Mercer County
Olf Creek
U.S
Dw.va
Byrd
Jim Allen
Sam Vaught
Byrd Farm
G.H. Crumpecker
Tom Colley
Bluefield
Matoaka
Vaught
U.S. Congress
House
Senate
Bill Archer
Barcher
West Virginia to name Byrd successor under state law
Gov. Joe Manchin must appoint a replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd as West Virginia law requires when more than two years remain in a term. Secretary of State Natalie Tennant outlined the process noting the 2012 election plan, while Clinton memorialized Byrd as the Senate’s heart and soul.
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Birchfield
West Virginia
Joe Manchin
Byrd
Manchin
Max Priddy
Byrd Drive
Priddy
Washington, D.C
Robert
Willard McGraw
McGraw
George Miller
Bluefield
Robert C. Byrd
Gov. Manchin
Beckley
Natalie Tennant
Sen
West
Tennant
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Washington
Hillary Clinton
New York City
Clinton
New York
U.S. Senate
Robert Byrd
Senate
Speer
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