In honor of Lt. Mark Meadows, who died in early January, a part of an Irondale road will be named in his memory.The area of Ruffner Road where the Irondale Police Department shooting range is will soon have a sign posted with his name, Mayor James Steward said during a city council meeting. “A man of very few words. Very encouraging. And we are going to miss him at the City of Irondale,” Stewart said during his celebration of life.During the service, Stewart read quotes from a letter Meadows sent him following that meeting.“I love working for the Irondale Police Department, and I am honored to play a small part in its growth,” Meadows wrote.Meadows was hit by a vehicle and killed while working traffic duty outside of the Church of the Highlands.A Jacksonville, Florida, native and former Army Ranger, Meadows began his career in law enforcement at the Mountain …
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