![]() listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and having way, way, way too much fun. She said local hospital employees worked through the night to help crash victims without knowing some of them were famous.Ĭurrie said she has always been a fan of the band’s music: “I spent a lot of time in the summers. Beckie Currie of Brookhaven, who was a student nurse at the time of the crash. Among those pushing for it was Republican Rep. Mississippi legislators passed a bill requiring the state to provide exit signs for the crash monument. ![]() Those killed were singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister and backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray. Of the 26 people on the plane, 20 survived. And that was without directions leading to the remote site 8 miles west of Interstate 55 - in a place with no cellphone service for navigation. The monument has become one of the biggest tourist attractions in southwest Mississippi, since drawing 4,500 people from 13 countries, 39 states and five Canadian provinces. Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band famous for Sweet Home Alabama' and Free Bird, now has highway signs pointing to the site of the Mississippi plane crash that claimed the. ![]() It’s very difficult to get to and there are no markings," said said Bobby McDaniel, president of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument Project. “People were always asking where the crash site is. Three large granite markers were put up in Gillsburg in 2019, but until the exit signs were recently added, many people had to guess how to find the site in a wooded area near the Louisiana state line. 20, 1977, plane crash that killed some members of the band. Found it using both Roadside America and gps, more or less, and is off to the side of the main highway. Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash Site Monument A very well done tribute, whether you are a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan or not. The signs provide direction toward a monument commemorating the Oct. The memorial is a sobering reminder of music's catastrophic loss on Oct. Lynyrd Skynyrd, the rock band famous for “Sweet Home Alabama" and “Free Bird,” now has highway signs pointing to the site of the Mississippi plane crash that claimed the lives of some of its members.įans gathered Sunday as the Mississippi Department of Transportation unveiled exit signs from Interstate 55 near McComb and state Highway 568 near Gillsburg, the Enterprise-Journal reported.
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