Mary E. Proctor - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 22.007 W 081° 38.696
17R E 438027 N 3359605
The grave of Mary E. Proctor is located in the historic Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She drowned in the surf at Pablo Beach (now called Jacksonville Beach).
Waymark Code: WMPYMA
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2015
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Mary Proctor's grave was unmarked prior to 2014 when a monument, funded by the Jacksonville Beach Lifeguard Foundation, and a granite headstone, funded by Evergreen Cemetery, were erected at her grave site.
The granite headstone simply reads:
In Memory of
Mary E. Proctor
1881 - 1912
The text on the front side of the adjacent monument reads:
The Founding of the
United States Volunteer
Life Saving Corps
Mary E. Proctor,
Who is Buried Near This Spot,
Drowned in the Surf at Pablo Beach
(Now Jacksonville Beach)
on Sunday, July 7, 1912.
At the Time She was One of the Most
Well Known Registered Nurses
in Jacksonville.
Her Drowning Prompted
Clarence H. McDonald, Jacksonville's
Supervisor of Public Recreation, and
Lyman G. Haskell, MD, Physical
Education Director of the Jacksonville Y.M.C.A.
to Form the United States Volunteer Life Saving
Corps, Station I, that Same Year. This Group of
Volunteer Life Savers, Now the American Red
Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps, Coast Guard
Division I, Has Served Jacksonville and Its
Beaches for Over 100 Years.
This Monument, Designed to Resemble the
Tower at the Corps' Station, was
Installed in 2014.
The text on the back side of the adjacent monument reads:
Historic Research for This Memorial
Provided by the
Pilot Club of
Port of Jacksonville
for the
"Tales of Our City"
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