Founded during the 1930s by Reverend George Hodges, the church fell into decline after Hodges was murdered in the church’s parking lot by a church member he had been involved with in an affair.
Ennis, I truly love these little historical tidbits you toss into your Jacksonville pieces. This tidbit made me do a bit of a search and led to this link from the Jax Daily Record;
Monday, January 20, 2014:
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/50-years-ago-week-8Charles Bennett made an incredibly good suggestion that Jacksonville University become part of the State University System; Swisher declined to pursue that possibility. If accepted, that would have been a phenomenally good thing for the city. Quite a missed opportunity; so was the inability to establish a medical school here.
Most amazing tidbit from that 1964 piece, and tangentially related to your Woodstock Park post, was the stunning disparity between Duval County and Pinellas County on taxes.
Kincaid said 67 percent of the homes in Duval County were exempt from taxes and only 33 percent were paying for schools and other services.
"In Pinellas County, 94 percent pay taxes while only 6 percent are exempt," he said.
Wowza !!!
Talk about a #FreeShitArmy driving the train. No wonder the school district was in danger of losing accreditation.
