Humpty Dumpty

He’s now sitting on a wall at the library after being donated by TMH

Humpty Dumpty was used on a billboard for the hospital. Danny Funderburg, Chuck Hess, Chad Oaks, Linda Oaks, Rebeccah Lutz, Robyn Hurst, Rebecca Sahar, Quincee Messersmith, Tonya Hobby, Andrew Riddle, and Kinsey Miller.


Rebeccah Lutz of TMH, library staff Linda Oaks, Robyn Hurst, and Rebecca Sahar, and Andrew Riddle of Friends of the Library.

By RIDDHI PATEL Correspondent

After approximately three years on a Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare billboard, Humpty Dumpty has found a new home on a wall at the Wakulla County Public Library.
Librarian Linda Oaks said that TMH wanted to change its billboard prior to the pandemic, but the change did not occur until January of this year. Lamar Advertising, which manages the billboard on Thomasville Road and 7th Avenue in Tallahassee, shared with TMH the Wakulla library’s interest in being Humpty Dumpty’s new home. As Humpty Dumpty is a literary character, TMH agreed that the library would be a great place for him to be.
Lamar, including Oaks’ husband Chad and the company’s Tallahassee General Manager Danny Funderburg, were instrumental in efforts to bring Humpty Dumpty to the library. Company staff took the large figure of Humpty Dumpty off the billboard and transported him to the library; eventually, installing him on a handmade wall in front of the library building.
The red brick wall that Humpty Dumpty currently sits atop was built by Chad, the vinyl wrapping was done by Lamar, and the lumber was donated by Gulf Coast Lumber & Supply.
Oaks noted that the Humpty Dumpty art installation was a “full donation” from the statue of Humpty Dumpty by TMH to the installation by Lamar and the lumber by Gulf Coast.
“We are thrilled to have him here,” said Oaks.
Marketing and Communications Director at TMH, Rebeccah Lutz, said that TMH is pleased that Humpty Dumpty found a place at a library, and that they hope that he helps to inspire a love of reading for kids. “I can’t think of a better place for Humpty,” she said. TMH is planning to provide a plaque to the library that will be attached to the wall on the Humpty Dumpty installation.
In addition to Humpty Dumpty, the library has also added a wall installation showcasing books selected by library staff. Oaks said that Library Director Robyn Hurst asked library staff to choose some books from within the library. Each book was photocopied, and a compilation of the books was printed on vinyl billboard wrapping. The final creation was installed by Chad Oaks of Lamar. Oaks noted that the library may eventually choose to change the vinyl and image periodically to fit different themes like Mardi Gras.