Eufaula, Alabama -
Grave of Leroy Brown, Famous Fish

On June 12, 2010, I set out to find out if the statue and/or memorial to Leroy Brown was still located at 1951 North Eufaula Avenue, Eufaula, Alabama. Eufaula is approximately 45 minutes from my home in Dothan, Alabama. We went to the address, but it was nowhere to be found. There was a Texaco near the address so we went there. There is an alligator pond behind the gas station. Once we entered the gas station, the attendant inside said she didn't know anything about the fish, but that the gas station used to be the spot known as Tom Mann's Fish World and that it used to be a very popular place. After talking to several people outside and inside the gas station, no one knew anything about Leroy Brown.

I looked all around the grounds and could find nothing. There is another building right beside the gas station, but I was unable to find it on that property either. [Ashley Stuart, 06/12/2010]

[RA: Thanks for checking that out -- RIP Leroy Brown... wherever you are!]

My dad lives in Eufaula and we stopped by to see the grave of Leroy Brown. Tom's Fish World is now a realty company. There is a gas station there and the clerk told us Leroy Brown was on display in the aquarium in Atlanta (not sure about that). We walked around behind the old Fish world and there is evidence of what was probably a really neat place in its day. It is all falling apart and fenced off however. We did not find Leroy's "grave." There is a pond in back though where you can see lots of gators and turtles. [Libby H, 07/08/2008]

[RA: The latest we've heard (earlier today) was that the Leroy grave and monument is still on the property, near the pond. Phillip Mann wrote: "Hey! Leroy AND his headstone are still in place! Also, Mann's Bait Company is still there." There were three buildings in the complex, so perhaps one is a realtor and one continues in its jelly worm mission.]