Acknowledgments
“What I wouldn’t give
for just one day
When holding you
was all it took to wipe
those tears away
Remember all the days
we’ve left behind
and hold them in your heart,
sweet child of mine”
Gretchen Peters
“Child of Mine”
Sony Music. Used with Permission.
Children’s Memory Garden Committee
Mandated Positions:
Mackenzie Britt
Director of Victim Witness
Commander Gordon Howey
Metro Nashville Police Department
Monique Odom
Metro Nashville Parks Director
Tim Netsch
Assistant Director of Metro Nashville Family Safety Center
Diane Lance
Director of Metro Nashville Family Safety Center
Andrea Fanta
Office of the Mayor
Cathy Gurley
CEO, “You Have the Power…Know How to Use It”
Appointees:
Andrea Conte
Chair & Founder of You Have the Power…Know How to Use It
Minister George T. Brooks
St. James Baptist Church
Tam Gordon
Metro Office of Human Resources
Regina Hockett
Mother of Adriane Dickerson
Torry Johnson
Former District Attorney General
Irma Paz-Bernstein
Nashville business leader and entrepreneur
Sylvia Rapoport
Community Volunteer
Kennda Watkins Sr.
Father of Kennda Watkins Jr.
“Oh, how we cried
the day you left us
We gathered round your grave
to grieve
I wish I could see the angels’ faces
When they hear
your sweet voice sing”
Vince Gill
“Go Rest High on that Mountain”
Benefit Music (BMI). Used with Permission.
Volunteers and Advisers
Judy Bayer
You Have the Power
Dr. Deborah Burris-Kitchen
Tennessee State University
Courtney Buggs, Sierra Evans, Jasmine James and Beverly Nelson
Tennessee State University Students
Natilee Duning
John Seigenthaler Center
Vladimir Enlow
You Have the Power
Shannon Hall
Metro Human Resources
Mary Scarlett LaBerge
Graphic Designer, MP&F Strategic Communications
Dwight Lewis
The Tennessean
Keith Miles
MP&F Strategic Communications
Emily Harris
Graphic Designer, MP&F Strategic Communications
Chris Rhone
Tennessee State University
Darlene Williams
You Have The Power
Raekwon Williams
Tennessee State University Student, Class of 2017
Lindsay Wheeler
Office of the District Attorney General
Donors
Berean Baptist Church
Patricia Barker
Patsy Bruce
Christ the King Catholic Church
Congregation Micah
Congregation Sherith Israel
Conservancy for the Parthenon & Centennial Park
Andrea Conte and Phil Bredesen
U.S. Rep Jim Cooper
Fourteenth Avenue Missionary Baptist Church
Frank and Tam Gordon
Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Greater Revelation Missionary Baptist Church
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, Ireland Street
Islamic Center of Nashville
Jason and Sharon Hall
Howard Congregational UCC
Commander Gordon Howey, MNPD
Adric and Gay Lane
Men, Women and Families of Room In The Inn
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church
Mt. Herman Missionary Baptist Church
Sylvia Rapoport
Rosia Sawyers
St. Henry Catholic Church
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
St. Stephen Catholic Community
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Temple Church
Temple Ohabai Shalom
Andrew Ward
West End Synagogue
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Men’s Bible Study
Alecia and Victor Wynn
Architects
Dowdle Construction