John & Mary Bagby - Rushville, IL
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YoSam.
N 40° 07.031 W 090° 34.715
15T E 706348 N 4443574
A son to his parents, a memorial and a gift.
Waymark Code: WMK6MJ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2014
Views: 4
County of memorial: Schuyler County
Location of Memorial: US 24, Scripps Park, W. of Rushville
Title of statue: "LET THERE BE LIGHT"
Artist: George Gray Barnard, sculptor
Date sculpted: 1936
Statue placed by: Albert Morris Bagby
Text of base:
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN COURTS BAGBY
and
MARY AGNES SCRIPPS BAGBY, His Wife
"The Italian marble statue "Let There Be Light" is located near the tennis courts at Scripps Park. The statue was made by American sculptor George Gray Barnard, weighs five and one-half tons and sits on a three and one-half ton granite base. It was placed at the entrance of Scripps Park in 1936 by Albert Morris Bagby in memory of his parents, John Courts Bagby and Mary Agnes Scripps Bagby."
- © September 20, 2000