Remembering Jerrald Gallion, Angela Carr, Anolt “AJ” Laguerre Jr.
For the second time in almost a year , mourners gathered Sunday on a small strip of grass in Jacksonville’s Grand Park/New Town community and looked out to the Dollar General where three residents were killed in a racist shooting last August.
Now, however, the spot is called Kings Road Memorial Park, and community members honored Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29, Angela Michelle Carr, 52, and Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., 19, through a dedication and soil collection ceremony — a longtime tradition continued locally by the Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project to promote racial equity and create public memorials for victims of lynchings…