Riverside Memorial Park

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Buried here –

Leon Wilkeson

Leon was the bass guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. He survived the plane crash in 1977 that killed band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines.

Allen Larkin Collins

Allen was a guitarist and founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He also survived the plane crash in 1977 that killed band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and singer Cassie Gaines.

Ronnie Van Zant

Ronnie was the lead singer and a founding member of “Lynyrd Skynyrd”. He died on October 20, 1977 in the plane crash that also took the lives of Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. Due to the June 29th, 2000, vandalizing of his original grave site, his casket was moved here and buried in a massive underground concrete burial vault. 

Leonard Skinner

Leonard was a coach and gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Before achieving worldwide fame, Lynyrd Skynyrd adopted Skinner’s name in 1972, then changed the spelling.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Discography:

(Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd) – Released: August 13, 1973
Second Helping – Released: April 15, 1974
Nuthin’ Fancy – Released: March 24, 1975
Gimme Back My Bullets – Released: February 2, 1976
Street Survivors – Released: October 17, 1977
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 – Released: June 11, 1991
The Last Rebel – Released: February 16, 1993
Endangered Species – Released: August 9, 1994
Twenty – Released: April 29, 1997
Edge of Forever – Released: August 10, 1999
Christmas Time Again – Released: September 12, 2000
Vicious Cycle – Released: May 20, 2003
God & Guns – Released: September 29, 2009
Last of a Dyin’ Breed – Released: August 21, 2012

Riverside Memorial Park
7242 Normandy Boulevard
Jacksonville,  FL 32205
904 781-9262