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James Island council tables resolution to name Fort Johnson–Secessionville intersection after teen killed in 2015 crash
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony and discussion about local history and competing memorial ideas, the Town Council of James Island voted unanimously to table Resolution 2025-07, which proposed naming the Fort Johnson Road and Secessionville Road intersection for Gabriel Seagraves.
The Town Council of James Island voted unanimously to table Resolution 2025-07, which would have named the intersection of Fort Johnson Road and Secessionville Road in memory of Gabriel Seagraves, a teenager killed in 2015.
The council deferred the item after lengthy public comment from residents and faith leaders who urged the council to balance honoring Seagraves with recognition of the long history of St. James Presbyterian Church at that corner. Mayor Brooke Lyon opened the discussion by noting the intersection is on a state-owned road and that naming approvals require South Carolina Department of Transportation action. She said the council would "table this" to explore alternatives that might allow both family recognition and historic commemoration.
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