Section 42. E. Pearl Smith Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) E. Pearl Smith was born November 23, 1938, in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
(2) E. Pearl Smith was very active in church and joined Mt. Zion A.M.E. in 1951 when she was 13 years old.
(3) E. Pearl Smith served on the Steward Board for 45 years and also held the title of Steward Board Secretary for 28 years.
(4) E. Pearl Smith served on many church committees, including Secretary of the Stewardship and Finance Committee for 28 years and President and Secretary of the Cooperative Club for two terms. She organized the Youth New Members class, chaired and co-chaired several Women's Day Celebrations and served with the Coat and Soup Ministry and the Dinner and Concert Event. She also served as Quarterly Conference Secretary, as Class Leader and on the Scholarship Committee and the Lay Organization.
(5) E. Pearl Smith served as a member of the Business and Professional Women's, Inc., and received the Woman of the Year award in 1998-1999.
(6) Her accolades included the Elwood Lodge #438 Community Service Award in 2011, the George W. Commandery Award in 2003, the Norristown Educational Foundation Service Award and the Distinguished recognition from the Pennsylvania School Education Association.
(7) E. Pearl Smith was elected as a director of the Norristown Area School District (NASD) School Board, which she held until she retired in 2016.
(8) During her tenure on the school board, E. Pearl Smith served as the chair of the Education Foundation's technology committee and was a board representative of the NASD Foundation and co-chair of the budget committee.
(9) E. Pearl Smith held many more titles, including Joint Operating Committee Chair for the Central Montgomery County Technical High School, Assistant Region 11 Director and Liaison for the Pennsylvania School Board Association on the governance and by-law committees, and she held the same title for the Norristown School Board as well as serving as the minority representative.
(10) Additionally, E. Pearl Smith was also a volunteer for the American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery and a lifetime member of the Philadelphia Purchasing Association's ad hoc Diversity Committee.
(11) E. Pearl Smith passed away March 9, 2024, at the age of 85.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 27695, carrying State Route 3006, also known as Whitehall Road, over Kepner Creek in East Norriton Township, Montgomery County, is designated as the E. Pearl Smith Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to traffic in both directions on the bridge.