Tom Lee Memorial
A very worthy Negro
Tom Lee with his boat “Zev” saved thirty-two lives when the steamer U.S. Norman sank about twenty miles below Memphis May 8, 1925. But he has a finer monument than this—an invisible one. A monument of kindliness, generosity, courage and bigness of heart. His good deeds were scattered everywhere that day and into eternity.
This monument erected by the grateful people of Memphis.
Watkins Overton •
E. H. Crump, Chm. •
John Heiskell •
E. W. Hale •
John Vesey •
Abe Plough •
Frank Tobey •
O. P. Williams •
H. S. Lewis •
Walter Chandler •
Joe Boyle •
Jim Wood •
Will Fowler •
Claude Armour •
Hugo Dixon •
John T. Dwyer •
Joe Curtis •
Francis Andres •
Col Garner Miller •
Robert Fredericks
Marker is on S. Riverside Blvd near Beale Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
