LAKEPORT >> A request to rename Douglas Road in Kelseyville in memory of a local man who died as the result of a robbery was approved by the Lake County Board of Supervisors.
The road’s new name is proposed to be Forrest’s Road, named after Kelseyville-resident Forrest Seagrave, who was shot on Jan. 18, 2013 during a robbery at the Mt. Konocti 76 Station Store 24, which is on the corner of Main Street and Douglas Road. He was 33 at the time.
“People, from both in and out of the area, had a good impression of the place because of meeting and spending time with Forrest,” Mary Behrens, Seagrave’s mother, stated in her request. “He did not contribute a building or a park or anything like that, but Forrest did contribute to a positive ambience for Kelseyville.”
“All of the owners of the property fronting the road … have signed the request,” Lake County Public Works Director Scott De Leon said.
Seagrave’s accused killer, Jonathon Antonio Mota, faces six felony charges that include the murder of Seagrave with a firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, robbery affecting interstate commerce, firearm and ammunition forfeiture. He awaits trial in federal custody.
“[Seagrave] wasn’t a doctor or a lawyer or a politician,” Behrens stated. “He was rich so he didn’t contribute monetarily. But he did … contribute to the betterment of life in Kelseyville. He was a prototype, perhaps, of the type of person we want in Kelseyville and an image of what we would like Kelseyville to be.”
The board approved the request with a 4-0 vote, District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown was absent.
Contact J. W. Burch, IV at 900-2022.
