Daniel R. Wynn
The First Coast neighborhood is experiencing painful and heavy losses as a result of deaths of Daniel Ruben Wynn (79) on Sunday, February 23, 2025 and Padrica Mendez (87) on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Mendez and Wynn had been cultural treasures who shared their skills all through the neighborhood and the world at massive.
Like James Weldon and John Rosemond Johnson, Mendez and Wynn had been Jacksonville/LaVilla born natives; they too together with their works, deeds and providers had been globally acknowledged. Dan’s abilities had been in work and sculptures, he additionally modeled. Pádraic’s skills had been singing, designing, tailoring and modeling. A lyric soprano, educated domestically and in Rome, Italy, Padrica was acclaimed for her performances and he or she had a number of professions. Age didn’t retire Mendez nor Wynn from a lifetime of service. They had been proficient, productive and intensely inventive. Padrica’s daddy was Pedro Medez, the Cuban tailor he taught, his spouse Janie and their three kids, Padrica, Mariano and Pedro, Jr. to turn out to be skillful tailors. Though the kids had been faculty graduates, every one in all them carried on the tailoring commerce all by life. Yearly Padrica created magnificent outfits for performers in Juneteenth and different cultural celebrations.
Padrica M. Mendez
Dan’s mother and father, Jack D. (Mary) Wynn, Sr., owned and operated the Wynn Resort/Lenape Tavern at 636 W. Ashley Road and different companies. Dan’s work hung in non-public houses, places of work, galleries, the US Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, Paris, France and with Queen Elizabeth II of the UK within the viewing viewers. Councilwoman Gwen G. Yates led the trouble to fee Daniel Wynn to create the life measurement bronze sculpture of a Negro baseball participant that stands on the entrance of the Myrtle Avenue, now James P. Small Baseball Park.
Thanks be to God for Padrica M. Mendez and Daniel R. Wynn, Relaxation-In-Peace My Loves.
Visitation and Celebration of Life for Padrica Mendez was Wednesday, March 5, at Coleman, Walker, Berry Mortuary, 6650 Moncrief Street and Thursday, March 6, at Bethel Baptist Church, 215 Bethel Baptist Road.
Viewing for Daniel Wynn shall be Friday, March 7 from 5-7 p.m. and Companies shall be held Saturday, March 8, 11:00 a.m. at Weston’s Mortuary, 3027 N. Myrtle Avenue.
