Escambia County, AL War Memorial


The Veteran's Memorial

Typed and contributed by Lygia Dawkins Cutts Cuttstree@Net1inc.net

August 13, 1997

 

I have always wondered what it would be like to visit the memorial of the Vietnam Veteran's, to read the names of the men and women who served our country. I have seen the pictures on TV in the news of people visiting it and there has always been a solemn feeling come over me. Today, I visited the Memorial on the lawn of the Escambia County Courthouse in Brewton, AL . This Memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Escambia County who have served their country. I have often seen this memorial but never stopped and really looked at it. Today, I shared the feeling of the thousands of people who have visited Memorials such as this all over the Nation. It's a feeling of pride, compassion, respect and reverence. I am very grateful to the People of Escambia County for erecting this monument.

 

The memorial is in five sections below are the inscriptions on each section.

Center section (side one):

DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY

Built By The People Of Escambia County

Dedicated November 11, 1987

Honoring those men and women of Escambia County who served their country in war and in peace.

(side two)

United States Army, United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps

Escambia County, Alabama

Memorial Committee

Erie C. Black, Peter Diurno, Donald E. Ellis, Willie Evans, Ray K. Fountain, Clifton L. Haveard, Gene Hudson, J. Fred Mitchell, John Thaddeus Moore, Charles W. Northcutt, Eugene C. Stallworth, Gerald Stanton, Dewey F. Weaver, Sammy Weaver, Devon Wiggins, J.R. Collins (1918-1986)

(side three)

Medal of Honor

Sidney E. Manning World War I

William W. Seay Vietnam (K.I.A.)

(side four)

These Stones Shall Be To The People....A Memorial Forever. Joshua 4:7

 

The other four sections surround the center section. Each section is dedicated those serving in the following wars: WW I, WW II, Korea, & Vietnam.

 

World War I

TAPS

 

ADAMS, John

BLACKMON, John

BOGGAN, James

BROWN, Everett H.

CUNNINGHAM, Clifford

DIGMON, Kevie

DUNSON, Clifford

EDWARDS, Joe

EMMONS, Abraham

FRANKLIN, Claud

HARDY, Adrien F.

HINES, Robert B.

HOLLADAY, Willie

JERNIGAN, Hillery H.

JOHNSON, Albert , Jr.

JOHNSON, Joe O.

JOHNSON, Oliver

JOHNSON, Sam

LEDKINS, William

MANCIL, James H.

MATHIS, Clyde

McARTHUR, Robert G.

McCALL, Claud M.

McENTIRE, William J.

MILLER, Charlie G.

MORRIS, Dewey

PARKER, Carey J.

RICHARDSON, Lewis S.

RUSHING, Billy G.

SALTER, Thomas V.

SMITH, James F.

STANTON, Albert E.

STEELE, Walter

WALKER, Kellum M.

WHITE, Ned A.

 

World War II

TAPS

 

ARDIS, Henry

ASHFORD, Roosevelt

ATKINS, Robert E.

BAGGETT, Marvin C.

BELL, Edwin M.

BELL, Marion F.

BOOTH, Charlie Q.

BOWDEN, Arthur C.

BROWN, Charlie D.

BROWN, John I.

BROWN, Nathan P., Jr.

CAMP, Joseph D.

CARTER, Ted A.

CASSADY, Oliver G.

CHAVERS, Haward D.

CHILDRESS, Homer L.

CLARK, john H.

COBB, Rozell L.

COOPER, Charles L.

CRAWFORD, William H., Jr.

DAW, Harold

EVANS, Rufus, Jr.

FARRISH, Tom A.

FINDLEY, Hillary D.

FOSTER, Harvie

FUQUA, Bruce

GLASS, Archie

GOLDEN, Luther F.

GRANTHAM, Charlie A.

GREEN, Louis, Jr.

HAGODD, Travis L., Jr.

HALL, Daniel F.

HALL, Eubie A.

HALL, Lawrence C.

HERRINGTON, B.F., Jr.

HOLMAN, Clarence P., Jr.

HOLMES, James L.

HOLT, Ira M.

HUGGINS, Jess W.

HUTTO, Charles L.

JENKS, Elbert

JERNIGAN, Robert M.

KING, Gaston C.

KIZER, Leon

LUNDY, George B.

MARSHALL, Solomon E.

McCAWLEY, Marvin E.

McDONALD, Earnest M.

McKINLEY, Almas

MERRIWETHER, Harry

MIXON, Emmett L., Jr.

MONK, Wesley J.

MONTGOMERY, Robert L.

NALL, Eugene

ODOM, J.C.

OGLETREE, Sim E.

OWENS, Comer Z.

PHILLIPS, William V.

PICKENS, Alfred

RODGERS, James B.

ROWELL, Robert

SIMMONS, Earl T.

SIMS, ALbert C.

SINGLETON, Mason M.

STANTON, Linwood E.

STILL, James W.

STOKES, henry L.

STONE, Malcom M.

STRENGTH, William L.

TAYLOR, Fellis

THOMAS, Calvin C.

THOMAS, Chester

THOMPSON, Austin C.

TRAVIS, Alton J.

TUNNER, Henneth L.

WALTON, Theodore

WATERS, Arnold A.

WEARREN, Hollis W.

WEAVER, Virgil K.

WEAVER, Woodrow W.

WHITE, James D.

WHITE, Maurice C.

WHITE, Thomas J.

WHITE, William S.

WIGGINS, Iva C.

WILLIAMSON, Alfred

WILSON, Charles O.

 

Korea

TAPS

 

BOOTH, Ples F.

BRYANT, Vivian D.

CARTER, James E.

CHANCERY, Joseph D.

DAW, Willie D.

FUQUA, Fred

GODWIN, Aubrey

GOODSON, Paul R.

HART, Robert H.

HOWELL, Ruel L.

KIRKLAND, Olan H.

RIGDON, Edward W.

TOLBERT, Barney

WATSON, Leonard

WEAVER, Carlos D.

 

Vietnam

TAPS

 

BARLOW, Jesse L.

BARLOW, Yearl

BARROW, Benjamin F.

BRADLEY, Loye E.

CLEMMONS, Jack E.

ELLIS, William R.

GANDY, Allen

GIPSON, Charles D.

GOHAGIN, James R.

GONZALEZ, Larry E.

HAMMAC, Joseph E.

HAVEARD, David M.

JOHNSON, Habert E.

KELLY, James M.

KENDRICK, James C.

LITTLE, Wallace S.

LOWERY, Dalton B.

MADDEN, James F.

MERRITT, Allen T., IV

MILLIGAN, Johnson M.

NEWTON, Kenneth P.

NISEWONGER, Edward E.

SIMMONS, Obie C.

SMITH, Donald W.

SUMMERLIN, J.C.

TAYLOR, Elmer J.

THOMAS, Jimmy R.

THOMAS, Larry B.

WINTER, John W.

 

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