MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Branning
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 488 LOCATED IN LEAKE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "HUNKY CROSS HIGHWAY IN MEMORY OF AUSTIN MORROW AND OTHERS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84 LOCATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "MARK 'PEANUT' YOUNGBLOOD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 334 IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "LEONARD E. THOMPSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 30 IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "NATHAN HODGES, JR., MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO AMEND SECTION 9, CHAPTER 450, LAWS OF 2020, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1, CHAPTER 365, LAWS OF 2021, TO REVISE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEGMENT OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 42 IN GREENE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, DESIGNATED AS THE "DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL JAKE GREEN AND GREENE COUNTY DEPUTY LAWRENCE DUNNAM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, EOW APRIL 1, 1921"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 488 located in Leake County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Highway 35 and extending east to Whit Alford Road is designated and shall be known as the "Hunky Cross Highway in Memory of Austin Morrow and Others that Have Lost Their Lives."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 2. (1) The segment of U.S. Highway 84 located in Franklin County, Mississippi, beginning one-half (1/2) mile east of its intersection with Log Cabin Road and extending east to its intersection with Higginbotham Road is designated and shall be known as the "Mark 'Peanut' Youngblood Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 3. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 334 located in the corporate limits of Oxford, Mississippi, beginning at the bridge passing over U.S. Highway 278/Mississippi Highway 6 and extending north to University Avenue is designated and shall be known as the "Leonard E. Thompson Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 4. (1) The segment of Mississippi Highway 30 located in the corporate limits of Oxford, Mississippi, beginning at the bridge passing over Mississippi Highway 7 and extending east to County Road 207 is designated and shall be known as the "Nathan Hodges, Jr., Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 5. Section 9, Chapter 450, Laws of 2020, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 365, Laws of 2021, is amended as follows:
Section 9. (1) The segment
of Mississippi Highway 42 in Greene County, Mississippi, beginning at its
southern intersection with Mississippi Highway 63 and extending * * * to the Greene County and
Perry County line, is designated as the "Deputy U.S. Marshal Jake
Green and Greene County Deputy Lawrence Dunnam Memorial Highway, EOW April 1,
1921."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.