Pat Lockett Felder - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 20.194 W 081° 38.558
17R E 438229 N 3356255
This monument is a memorial to former Jacksonville City Councilwoman Pat Lockett Felder (living) and 56 legends (deceased) of the black community of Jacksonville, Florida. The memorial includes a relief of the Councilwoman.
Waymark Code: WMPR5V
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2015
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The memorial includes a relief of the former City Councilwoman's face on the front of the granite obelisk. Beneath the councilwoman's likeness is the following inscription:
City Council Member
Pat Lockett-Felder
May 13, 2005
"Still Working for the People"
There is nothing inscribed on the back of the monument; however, the two sides of the monument are identical and list the names of 56 deceased men described by the Councilwoman as "legends." According to Locket Felder: "They aren't necessarily famous people, she said, but people who took care of their neighbors by doing good deeds such as offering them food or clothes, even when the recipient had no money to offer in exchange." -- Source
The other 56 names listed on the monument are:
Manson Bull Felder
The Rev. C.C. Cobb
The Rev. J.C. Sams
The Rev. A.J. Huges
The Rev. W.E. Young
The Rev. C.B. Dailey
Bishop Nick Hightower
Freeman Milton
Emment Fiveash
Marion Johnson Sr.
Moses Bryant
Chris Brewington Sr.
Sam Collier
Lawrence Council
Earl Mathis
Robert Mathis
Willie Gadson
Arthur Glass Sr.
Joe Nixon
William Buster Ford
Willie Telfair
Frank Williams
Willie Smith
Albert Taylor
Capes Thompson
Richard Stubbs Sr.
Frederick C. Young Jr.
Tommy Brown
Frank Maureen
Daniel Mote
Richard Anderson
Evander Collier Sr.
Raiford Brown
James Wiley
Charles Bonner
C.B. McIntosh Sr.
Clarence Hall
Wyatt Douglas
Johnnie Bram
Booker T. Zackery
Thomas Barrington
Willie Robinson Sr.
Napoleon Fussell
William Harris
Henry Hudson
Bennie Lynah
George Sanders
Roland Keitt
Oscar Ladier Sr.
Dan Morgan
John LaRosa Sr.
Leon Scott
Arthur Walker
E.C. Williams
Julian Johnson
Harry P. Littlejohn
"The $9,000 monument is the centerpiece of a small park she created there called Legendary Park. It's to honor the people she thinks have made a difference in her East Jacksonville district.
Councilwoman Pat Lockett-Felder (left) with her supporters at the obliesk in Legendary Park. The monument bears her likeness and names of legends of the black community in East Jacksonville. The councilwoman said that it was not her idea to put her likeness on the monument. Rather it was the idea of a constituent.
The obelisk and park, which were dedicated May 13 [2005], cost $160,346, according to the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Lockett-Felder paid for it with the $1 million that she and each of Jacksonville's 13 other district council members received from the Better Jacksonville Plan to spend on parks in their districts."
-- Source
As indicated in the newspaper article cited above and a couple of other articles (visit link) (visit link), some controversy surrounded the placement of this memorial