BECKLEY, WV (WOAY) – Representative Carol Miller was in Beckley today to pay her respects to the family of Dave Tolliver, the former Raleigh County Commissioner.
Tolliver passed away in June. He was a long-time public servant and commission president who served in the United States military and was a firefighter.
Tolliver, a three-term commissioner, was first elected in 2010. He became commission president in 2013.
Today, Miller presented the Tolliver’s family with a flag flown in his honor and a copy of the speech she gave in front of Congress honoring him.
She said Tolliver was always easy to work with and achieved a lot for Raleigh County.
“It’s so easy to work with people of the same mindset that we’re here to do good, to make things better,” Miller said. “Some of my major interests, particularly with any capital spending that we can do, is on water and sewer, because West Virginia has always needed help with those things. He was a leader.”
The Raleigh County Commission still needs to carry many of the projects that Tolliver began across the finish line. Miller said she wants to see those completed.
Plus, she wants to see Raleigh County continue to improve.
“We are doing such a good job in West Virginia. But we are bringing the kids back, along with the people that want to work. We’ve done a lot of good economic development. I was driving around downtown today just enjoying the buildings, what they have stood for, and what they’re achieving again. And I’m really happy for all of the things that are going on.”
