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Tourism committee hears bill to name stretch of U.S. 60 in Neosho the Lloyd Memorial Highway
Summary
Representative Ben Baker presented House Bill 810 to the Special Committee on Tourism seeking to designate about a 4–5 mile stretch of U.S. Highway 60 in Neosho as the Lloyd Memorial Highway to honor his daughter Natalie and son‑in‑law Davey Lloyd; costs would be covered by private donations. The committee held a hearing and took no vote.
Representative Ben Baker, R‑160th District of Newton County, asked the Special Committee on Tourism to designate a segment of U.S. Highway 60 in Neosho as the “Lloyd Memorial Highway” to honor his daughter Natalie and his son‑in‑law Davey Lloyd, who were killed while serving as missionaries in Haiti.
The bill, introduced as House Bill 810, would name the portion of U.S. 60 between Kodiak Road and Cemetery Road in Neosho. "I never thought in a million years I would be doing something like this," Representative Ben Baker said, explaining that the chosen stretch ends at the cemetery where Natalie and Davey are buried and that his family intends to fund the signs by private…
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