A ceremony   held on Friday honored the late Elizabeth Yelding by dedicating a park to her memory.

Yelding, who taught at Baldwin County Training School and Spanish Fort Elementary  for a total of 30 years, was remembered by husband, City Councilman Bailey Yelding, and their children, Alaric, Derrick, Cedrick and Erika.

“We are happy, proud, elated and ecstatic … to have you select Elizabeth,” Bailey said. “We will forever cherish this park.”

Councilman Eric Nager recalled Elizabeth as a caring, third-grade teacher at Spanish Fort Elementary.

“I just remember her as a warm, friendly lady who was very big on reading and writing; she gave us a good foundation,”  he said.

Yelding had started a program where parents volunteered to read to students — a program that Nager’s mother utilized.

Mayor Fred Small said the park is a perfect way to remember Yelding.

“It shows what a pillar she was,” he said. “It’s an ever-loving memory of Ms. Yelding and I’m proud to be part of it.”

The park is Wi-Fi accessible and open to the public; it is a work of Daphne Utilities and Hutchinson, Moore and Rauch.