Shannon’s Tree — in memory of Shannon Marie Abbott

Why it surfaced

This site turns remembrance into a place people can visit, map, photograph, and add to: it includes trail coordinates, seasonal records, a visitor register, and memories beneath the story of Shannon’s 2023 memorial service. It is an unusually concrete example of grief becoming a shared, participatory public artifact.

A public living memorial for Shannon Marie Abbott, centered on a Japanese maple planted along Overlook Trail in Barboursville Park, West Virginia.