Having an opportunity to give Leon a ride home from Jax beach one night in the mid 90’s was an amazing ride .. We were at a bar / pub Ronnie & Johnny’s sister owned called Freebird . His house is beautiful with an eagle 🦅 on the gate that surrounds the home in Fruit Cove . I was a teenager at that time so I couldn’t grasp the full concept of just who I had in my 84 Monty Carlo . As I go to work each day I pass the road Allen Colleens totaled his Corvette on , not 2 miles from my home . I’m not claiming to have known them & they wouldn’t know me but like many fans they inspired and left us with countless memories as our tape decks played over and over . Rest In Peace Fellas …🦅🇺🇸🦅
That's a great experience Bud. I live in OP and occasionally see Johnny VZ at Publix. The guys were and are just good people whenever you get a chance to say hello to them. Take care man!
absolutely, I knew these guys to, but don't think they would remember me either. But what a story to tell your grandkids😍🤗😚💖 Hats off🎩 to Southern Rock L. S. 🎸🎤🎼🎵🎶🔊🔊🔊
RIP my all my brothers and sisters in Lynyrd Skynyrd. You'll never know how much you are loved and appreciated. I thank God I lived in the times that I did.
@@anndaniels3545 75 + 76. I kick myself because I missed their last concert there in 77. Got to see The Rossington Collins Band twice in 80...I don't think there was a dry eye in the place when they put Ronnie's hat on the mike stand, just the spotlight on it and played Freebird, no vocals.
@@joebridges3165 AMEN Joe I'm 66 yrs old and grew up listening to them best band ever. I never seen them but wish I had. I like to get a big joint and enjoy the crap out of them nothing like it. We were very fortunate to grow up when that was the only music we played o how I miss those days. God bless you my friend
Proud of the Lynyrd Skynyrd patch I wear on my Harley-Davidson denim vest. RIP great artists, and thanks for the masterpieces you gave us. From Italy, while listening to "Simple Man".
The small dash between birth year and death represents the enormous impact each band members had on millions upon millions of lives through endless generations. Thank you for kindly posting this video dear Sir. 💔😔🙏
More needs to be taught about these great talented gentlemen and ladies. Artistically blessed from heaven. Even if it was long ago maybe we'll start hearing REAL music again
I've been following them since 1974and Sweet home Alabama and they are my favorite band of all time. I can't believe they are all gone. My heart is broken 😢
You know how we know their music endures? My 5-6 year old grandkids love it! They hear it and want more. Know what my 5 year old wants for her birthday? Nuthin Fancy...remixed please!
You were there two years ago and you missed the gold that was in the ground. I just acquired Criswell Park's home plate even though it's cut off by a football field today and the baseball diamond is no longer utilized the home plate was still buried under all the grass. Yep I own that baby now. That is the home plate that started Lynyrd Skynyrd. I just couldn't believe it was still there. Cool video ❤. They moved Ronnie Van zant's grave down by the pond it's really beautiful now
Last year I came to Jacksonville to visit my family, and we visited the Van Zant home. I need to come again and visit the Van Zant site and pay my respect to my favorite group of all time.🎵🎶🎵😄❣
Wanda is it true his grave prior was an above ground mauseleum?? I thought from the pre 2000 vandalism, that he was buried under that big tombstone, not above ground.. also have you heard about Judy moving him just recently because her & Melody never liked his new spot by the fountain? Tammy already has the plot next to that, crazy stuff. I'm almost thinking Melody didn't like her being right next to her Dad, Judy too
Ronnie’s new grave location is just down road to where the pond is. Lynard skinner and collins are in the park across Normandy. Gary is adjacent to Powell. Rest in peace
I google mapped this before I found this video. If you go right around to the right, Billys tombstone is not under that tree, could be it was not placed yet. But Tammy Michelle, one of Van Zant's daughters, has a tombstone beside him, and another one on around the corner with a bench beside it. Supposed to go to Disney here soon, I may go by and pay my respects. Thier music has been in my life since childhood, and I still play at 60, lol....
Thanks for the video. My wife and I were able to find Billy and Leon’s graves after watching this. Ronnie’s grave has been moved to a new location down the drive to the right of Billy’s monument. His new grave is to the right of a pond on the edge of the cemetery.
I hope Ronnie has a headstone a lot better than than the one shown here. At least on par with Leon and Billy's. Johnny has indicated that he will be interred near his brother. Supposedly, Gary was too.
Thanks ! Were Those People ever found and sued ? In Europe Charlie Chaplin grave was dug up - at Switzerland - but The Police found Them - without payind The randsome money ! There IS a Movie made - as a Document Film !
@@holoholopainen1627 no there was a reward though, for the people that dug him up. Alot ofolks always wonder if he's buried in his Neil Young shirt, I believe the person (s) were trying to loot the coffin. I can't imagine how they even dug that deep, there's no way you can pull a coffin out of a grave, just sayin
So I was there today and for some reason his head stone and everything was not there the grass was replaced like it was just dug up or something wth happened
That hole is where the fountain was. This is where most of my family is going back well over a century and a half. I just layed my sister to rest there last week. Hopefully it'll be many many years before I make it in.
The band members are no longer actually buried there because their graves kept being tampered with a I think at least one, dug up. They were moved to unmarked graves but are no longer where the markers are. They moved them about 10-20 years ago - time goes to by so fast and it has been a long,,long while ago.I live in Jax and my ex went to high school with them and had Leonard Skinner for gym class too.
Dying is a part of living.but it's still sad to see this.my freinds and I were huge fans growing up in the 70s.im born raised florida boy.brings back memorees
That actually was a huge fountain, guess they decided to pull it out of there. If you’d have went across the road to the other half of the cemetery, Allen Collins is buried there.
I went to their graves I believe it was in 1998. Ronnie was buried above ground then and Steve and Cassie's graves were near his. Right after I had visited someone tried breaking into Ronnie's grave so they moved him. Sad the things people do.
@@mamacat63 those too of course... Everytime I went to their concerts the band would always ask... What song you wanna hear??? Everybody would scream Free Bird!!! It was l like a ritual... 🌿🌹🌿
@@ninaray4479 ah, you lucky thing. Ronnie died before I was able to go to concerts. After that, it just wasn't the same. I listened to the music they did after that, but it just didn't sound right
Billy was 57 when he passed. And yet, he outlived Leon who was 49, Allen who was 37 and Ronnie who was 29. Bob Burns made it to 64 before losing his life in a car accident (off a road I drive often in Ga) and of course, now Gary who lived to be 71. Only Artimus is still around. The irony is . . .Gary cheated death twice having survived that "oak tree" in a car wreck and the fatal plane crash of '77. I miss them all.
I live littlerly around the corner from there and that was a fountain I didn't know they tore that down that was a beautiful fountain I don't know how long ago that was videoed so it could still be there.
That JUDY moved him AGAIN just 2 weeks ago!! Near a lake in the same cemetery. They were all buried in the same spots in cemetery that they were on stage..does anyone down there have any updates? Pls & Thanks
They must have changed where they were, this is not what I saw in the early 80's. As you went through the gate to the left under a large tree were 3 graves, Ronnie in the middle (large above ground tomb) and Cassie Gaines on one side and Steve Gaines on the other side. There was also a nice marble bench to sit on, I had a polaroid picture of it but I gave it to my girlfriend that was in the motel room and myself with Ronnie in 1974, Dothan, Alabama.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD Graves/ Hell House GENE ODOM Tour of Jacksonville, This video shows the original place Ronnie, Cassie and Steve were buried like I described. Ronnie's tomb was vandalized and he was moved to this cemetery with the rest of the Van Zant family.
@@derklavierspieler7491 I haven't been down that way to ever see it again. I watched another video that said they were moved. It was a very nice place they had to start with. Where is Charlie Daniels buried?
Ronnie has been moved twice. First from the other cemetery into this one across Leon. Then Ronnie was moved from the spot you see on this video to his new resting place in front of the pond. To reach Ronnie when you enter the cemetery keep going straight past the fountain (now removed), when you are about to reach the beginning of the pond turn right and walk straight. Ronnie is all by himself with the pond on front of him.
Heartbreaking incident in our lifetime……great great band, started with very humble beginnings….RIP y’all.
Amen
Sure was…no telling what great music we were all cheated out of by that tragic plane crash.. they were all on top of their games..
R.I.P TO THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!!! LONG LIVE Y'ALLS MEMORY 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
R.I.P. Gary. Y'all bk together now for a Southern jam.
Legendary!!
No Music 🎼 of Today, can come even Close !! Free Bird!
Having an opportunity to give Leon a ride home from Jax beach one night in the mid 90’s was an amazing ride ..
We were at a bar / pub Ronnie & Johnny’s
sister owned called Freebird .
His house is beautiful with an eagle 🦅 on the gate that surrounds the home in
Fruit Cove .
I was a teenager at that time so I couldn’t
grasp the full concept of just who I had in
my 84 Monty Carlo .
As I go to work each day I pass the road
Allen Colleens totaled his Corvette on ,
not 2 miles from my home .
I’m not claiming to have known them &
they wouldn’t know me but like many fans
they inspired and left us with countless
memories as our tape decks played over
and over .
Rest In Peace Fellas …🦅🇺🇸🦅
Beautiful story, amazing
One In MILLION Testimony To Be In The Comfort Of A Famous Individual Thx For Sharing my brother MIRACLES Are Real👏🎺🎶⭐🔥💙
That's a great experience Bud. I live in OP and occasionally see Johnny VZ at Publix. The guys were and are just good people whenever you get a chance to say hello to them. Take care man!
absolutely, I knew these guys to, but don't think they would remember me either. But what a story to tell your grandkids😍🤗😚💖 Hats off🎩 to Southern Rock L. S. 🎸🎤🎼🎵🎶🔊🔊🔊
Their smiling from Heaven ❤️🙏❤️💜🖤🧡💛🤍🤎💚💙💔☮️🛐✝️🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
RIP my all my brothers and sisters in Lynyrd Skynyrd. You'll never know how much you are loved and appreciated. I thank God I lived in the times that I did.
Sounds like you got to see the origional Skynyrd..
@@anndaniels3545 75 + 76. I kick myself because I missed their last concert there in 77. Got to see The Rossington Collins Band twice in 80...I don't think there was a dry eye in the place when they put Ronnie's hat on the mike stand, just the spotlight on it and played Freebird, no vocals.
@@joebridges3165 AMEN Joe I'm 66 yrs old and grew up listening to them best band ever. I never seen them but wish I had. I like to get a big joint and enjoy the crap out of them nothing like it. We were very fortunate to grow up when that was the only music we played o how I miss those days. God bless you my friend
Proud of the Lynyrd Skynyrd patch I wear on my Harley-Davidson denim vest.
RIP great artists, and thanks for the masterpieces you gave us.
From Italy, while listening to "Simple Man".
The small dash between birth year and death represents the enormous impact each band members had on millions upon millions of lives through endless generations.
Thank you for kindly posting this video dear Sir. 💔😔🙏
More needs to be taught about these great talented gentlemen and ladies. Artistically blessed from heaven. Even if it was long ago maybe we'll start hearing REAL music again
BEAUTIFUL HEADSTONE FOR BILLY POWELL SO FITTING ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Southern rock will never die
South shall rise again 💯♥️🙏
@@harbinger6562 wtf does that even mean? It's just a category of music.
@@harbinger6562the south never fell we already rosen up
Trump Lost
@@rebelcowboy6959 hey redneck, trump Lost hahahahaha crybabies
I've been following them since 1974and Sweet home Alabama and they are my favorite band of all time. I can't believe they are all gone. My heart is broken 😢
RIP to the Skynyrd family. Best American Band. I know they are rocking in Heaven and God Loves his boys.
Visited original grave in orange park many times was really beautiful above ground ,you could always see it from the road too
Thank you for sharing this, much appreciated.
Interestingly enough the bands namesake, Leonard Skinner (their high school gym teacher) is also buried in Riverside cemetery.
You know how we know their music endures? My 5-6 year old grandkids love it! They hear it and want more. Know what my 5 year old wants for her birthday? Nuthin Fancy...remixed please!
You were there two years ago and you missed the gold that was in the ground. I just acquired Criswell Park's home plate even though it's cut off by a football field today and the baseball diamond is no longer utilized the home plate was still buried under all the grass. Yep I own that baby now. That is the home plate that started Lynyrd Skynyrd. I just couldn't believe it was still there. Cool video ❤. They moved Ronnie Van zant's grave down by the pond it's really beautiful now
Awesome. Thank you for taking your time to vid this.
Thank you for watching.
Last year I came to Jacksonville to visit my family, and we visited the Van Zant home.
I need to come again and visit the
Van Zant site and pay my respect to my favorite group of all time.🎵🎶🎵😄❣
The GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!!!!♡♡♡♡♡♡
Leon nice rest well sir...you kept that bottom rhythm down plus BP...both were secret ingredients to the LS sound
That saddest part is knowing this video can be updated😢
WHAT A Singer and Songman AND A Truly TALENTED BAND ✌✌✌✌✌✌✌👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👏R.I P guys and GID BLESS LynardSkynard FOREVER the LAST REBEL g
That's so cool.. think my next trip down that way I'm going to swing in and see them..
Just went last weekend and got pics of them. Ronnie's is so nice looking over the pond.
Together in life..and death,beautiful..!
Yes ,that did happen and he was move to were he is now, i live here in Jacksonville Fla.and was born here ,
Wanda is it true his grave prior was an above ground mauseleum?? I thought from the pre 2000 vandalism, that he was buried under that big tombstone, not above ground.. also have you heard about Judy moving him just recently because her & Melody never liked his new spot by the fountain? Tammy already has the plot next to that, crazy stuff. I'm almost thinking Melody didn't like her being right next to her Dad, Judy too
I have been at the graves. Beautiful and very peaceful place. RIP all guys
Saw them at Knebworth. One and only time I saw them. Never to be forgotten. Sad sad loss
Such a loss. 😪
Big time Cyndi
😢 sorry for your lost and my thoughts and prayers goes out to Lynyrd Skynyrd band group and Gary family.
When I die I can only hope I end up with all the great musician as neighbors..
Те будут бессмертны, кого мы пока помним❤
Ronnie’s new grave location is just down road to where the pond is. Lynard skinner and collins are in the park across Normandy. Gary is adjacent to Powell. Rest in peace
You forgot to visit Alan Collins grave he was the best band member ever.
Is he buried in the same cemetary.sounds like he was, and yes he was a key member. Rip guy's, we all had a Good time then.
@@happyfreeliferc yes he is buried in the same cemetery.
Forgot Steve and Cassie too
Without him, Steve Gaines bonding as they did would have not happened and that 3 way guitar battle was one of the best ever!
Jacksonville woot woot! My hometown!
I google mapped this before I found this video. If you go right around to the right, Billys tombstone is not under that tree, could be it was not placed yet. But Tammy Michelle, one of Van Zant's daughters, has a tombstone beside him, and another one on around the corner with a bench beside it. Supposed to go to Disney here soon, I may go by and pay my respects. Thier music has been in my life since childhood, and I still play at 60, lol....
Love & Prayers kk E.
He walked right over Gary's grave but didn't know it yet. 😢
Rip Ronnie Van zant sweet home Alabama 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Lynyrd Skynyrd🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
My favourite all time song that always gets me up on the dance floor.
Great video, always interesting see people’s final resting places
Thanks for the video. My wife and I were able to find Billy and Leon’s graves after watching this. Ronnie’s grave has been moved to a new location down the drive to the right of Billy’s monument. His new grave is to the right of a pond on the edge of the cemetery.
I hope Ronnie has a headstone a lot better than than the one shown here. At least on par with Leon and Billy's. Johnny has indicated that he will be interred near his brother. Supposedly, Gary was too.
I went there to .. met gene odom ... was a good time .. the jug bar is rigt down the street had to go in and ask for linda lou 😉
Now I'ma have to play some Skynyrd...
Play it pretty for Atlanta
@@anndaniels3545 hell yeah 👍 I'm only down the road from ya.. let me know if you hear it
Tuesday's Gone.
@@artvallejos1460 yes it is
@@bhkfdbfb
No it's not Yes
It's Skynyrd
Rock IN Heavens BANDS of Angels GOOD SAMARITANS BROTHERS RIP ALL THE👏🎺🎶😇⭐👏💙💛💜
And now Gary Rossington has joined his Lynyrd Skynyrd brothers. R.I.P.
Ronnie was moved to a private burial plot due to goons.
Thanks ! Were Those People ever found and sued ? In Europe Charlie Chaplin grave was dug up - at Switzerland - but The Police found Them - without payind The randsome money ! There IS a Movie made - as a Document Film !
@@holoholopainen1627 no there was a reward though, for the people that dug him up. Alot ofolks always wonder if he's buried in his Neil Young shirt, I believe the person (s) were trying to loot the coffin. I can't imagine how they even dug that deep, there's no way you can pull a coffin out of a grave, just sayin
GODS SAKE !!!POOR RONNIES FAMILY !!!Bloody Goons 😡g
@@anndaniels3545 Merci ! Have You seen The movie ? Is The movie - as IT All went ? I had never heard The STORY before - I saw IT !
So I was there today and for some reason his head stone and everything was not there the grass was replaced like it was just dug up or something wth happened
I can just picture Ronnie - cuttin' a rug at a place called The Jug.
With a girl named Linda Lou
And in walked a man , with a gun on his han, lookin for you know who.....
@@robertfrye3651 he said hey, there, fella with the hair color yella, what you trying to do....
The Jug is still around.
That's a true story
I'm from Jacksonville
Great. I'll alert the media.
This is sad, I'm a big fan of theirs rest in peace
If your able, please update for Gary.
Thank you.
Just be a Simple Kinda Man. Momma Van Zants words. 😚💖
That hole is where the fountain was. This is where most of my family is going back well over a century and a half. I just layed my sister to rest there last week. Hopefully it'll be many many years before I make it in.
Thank you
The band members are no longer actually buried there because their graves kept being tampered with a I think at least one, dug up. They were moved to unmarked graves but are no longer where the markers are. They moved them about 10-20 years ago - time goes to by so fast and it has been a long,,long while ago.I live in Jax and my ex went to high school with them and had Leonard Skinner for gym class too.
Dying is a part of living.but it's still sad to see this.my freinds and I were huge fans growing up in the 70s.im born raised florida boy.brings back memorees
That actually was a huge fountain, guess they decided to pull it out of there. If you’d have went across the road to the other half of the cemetery, Allen Collins is buried there.
Allen Collins is across the street on the other side of Normandy Blvd. Very near the large Marble Cross.
Dude shut up
@@rustybird8803 WTF?
Right .
I went to their graves I believe it was in 1998. Ronnie was buried above ground then and Steve and Cassie's graves were near his. Right after I had visited someone tried breaking into Ronnie's grave so they moved him. Sad the things people do.
What song you wanna hear??? Free Bird!!!!
Sweet home Alabama 🎶🎶🎶 and Roll Tide
@@mamacat63 those too of course... Everytime I went to their concerts the band would always ask... What song you wanna hear??? Everybody would scream Free Bird!!! It was l like a ritual... 🌿🌹🌿
@@ninaray4479 ah, you lucky thing. Ronnie died before I was able to go to concerts. After that, it just wasn't the same. I listened to the music they did after that, but it just didn't sound right
Tuesday's Gone.
@@artvallejos1460 with the wind..They call me the breeze...
My good friend is Leon's nephew. Am sending this to him, not sure if he's seen this video before.
Billy was so young....RIP.
Billy was 57 when he passed. And yet, he outlived Leon who was 49, Allen who was 37 and Ronnie who was 29. Bob Burns made it to 64 before losing his life in a car accident (off a road I drive often in Ga) and of course, now Gary who lived to be 71. Only Artimus is still around. The irony is . . .Gary cheated death twice having survived that "oak tree" in a car wreck and the fatal plane crash of '77. I miss them all.
Allen Collin's Grave is back across the way, somewhere near Leon Wilkiinson's Grave
Shut up
They were all placed in the cemetery just like the spots they had on stage, same order. Except now Judy moved him like 2 weeks ago
Where is Allen, Cassie, Steve, Ed and Bob all buried?
In orange park florida , off blanding blvd go into the cemetery make an immediate left and there all under the trees by the road
@@anthonys.7517 Ed King wasn't buried he was cremated
Hard to fathom when I watch their live videos that none are around but Gary, Artimus
Very onor to the southern rocker from Trieste italy 🇮🇹🇺🇸🇮🇹🇺🇸
Allen Collins is buried in the section of the cemetery across Normandy Blvd. You missed it.
RIP Gary Rossington
Are the rest buried there?
No, they are buried in Orange Park FL.
Allan Collins is buried at Riverside. As is Dave Hlubek (Molly Hatchet) and Leonard Skinner (namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd).
Where is Allan Collins and Steve gaines grave at ?
I live littlerly around the corner from there and that was a fountain I didn't know they tore that down that was a beautiful fountain I don't know how long ago that was videoed so it could still be there.
Gary is now buried by Billy
That JUDY moved him AGAIN just 2 weeks ago!! Near a lake in the same cemetery. They were all buried in the same spots in cemetery that they were on stage..does anyone down there have any updates? Pls & Thanks
In Tallahassee they love the governor...
No it's Birnmingham good try though.
@deplorablepatriot9628
I live in Florida, and love the guv'nor. Lynard Skynard is from Jacksonville.
I'm not sure which one it is I can't remember what was it Billy Powell or Leann Wilkinson that got cremated or both way they are actually not there
God
RIP Y’all
This is a little weird. I mean, it's like some Rick morbid gateway to a cemetery entrance. U typically see that.
What about Steve and Cassie Gaines??? Aren't they buried there too???
They must have changed where they were, this is not what I saw in the early 80's. As you went through the gate to the left under a large tree were 3 graves, Ronnie in the middle (large above ground tomb) and Cassie Gaines on one side and Steve Gaines on the other side. There was also a nice marble bench to sit on, I had a polaroid picture of it but I gave it to my girlfriend that was in the motel room and myself with Ronnie in 1974, Dothan, Alabama.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD Graves/ Hell House GENE ODOM Tour of Jacksonville, This video shows the original place Ronnie, Cassie and Steve were buried like I described. Ronnie's tomb was vandalized and he was moved to this cemetery with the rest of the Van Zant family.
@@derklavierspieler7491 I haven't been down that way to ever see it again. I watched another video that said they were moved. It was a very nice place they had to start with. Where is Charlie Daniels buried?
I've been there .
Very good OK
There's one more across the street Allen Collins.
Leon the mad hatter rip
How did they all die? So sad!
Plane crash
@@anndaniels3545 Only Ronnie VZ, Steve Gaines and his sister Cassie died in that plane crash.
Triste...
Ronnie's grave has once again been moved. It's by the pond a flat unmarked stone. Up from it is a bench deadicated from Charlie Daniels
Rest in peace
Allen Collins is to the right of Ronnie also. 4 band members together.
No, Allen is across the street in another section of the grounds.
why are they buried in Florida ? i thought they was from Alabama ? just curious ... RIP Van-Zant family .. =(
They're from Jacksonville.
Didn't they move Ronnie since then? sad if they did as he seems to be all by himself now
Ronnie was moved to this cemetery. The other cemetery is in the area. That is also where Steve and Cassie Gaines are buried.
@@karlp712 yes I went to both graves yesterday it was quite beautiful 😻
Ronnie has been moved twice. First from the other cemetery into this one across Leon. Then Ronnie was moved from the spot you see on this video to his new resting place in front of the pond. To reach Ronnie when you enter the cemetery keep going straight past the fountain (now removed), when you are about to reach the beginning of the pond turn right and walk straight. Ronnie is all by himself with the pond on front of him.
This is not Billy Powell's grave site.
Allen is there too. Just sayin
Sadly, there are more dead Rock Stars than alive
You ain't seen nothing yet!! Wait'll the next 10 years go by. Scary thought
they have moved him used to be right in front i was at his funeral
Hey Terry did you hear that Judy just MOVED RONNIE again? Like this month
@@anndaniels3545 No i did not hear about it, i used to live about 5 miles from them
Ronnie Van Zant had what we call Little Man Syndrome. Poor guy always tried to make up for what he didn’t have
Ronnie was moved to a new location, again
Still in Riverside though.
Ronnie has been moved again.