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 Grove Hill Veterans Memorial - Leonard, TX
N 33° 25.908 W 096° 13.173
14S E 758505 N 3702615
A simple memorial to veterans of multiple wars buried here stands between the cemetery and the Grove Hill United Methodist Church at 5501 FM 1553, just north of Leonard, TX.
Waymark Code: WMXJ63
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2018
Views: 2
This gray, granite memorial stands between four and five feet tall. It is simple, listing only its name and those veterans who are buried here, with nothing on the reverse:
Grove Hill
Veterans Memorial
Alton N. Berry WWI
Clarence E. Foster WWII
Joseph F. Fenner TX War Ind.
Samuel A. Jones III Vietnam
James D. Record WWII
Bobby D. Booher Korea
Francis M. Owens CSA
Charles L. Grounds WWI
Jack W. Booher Korea
Samuel E. Williams WWII
Harold D. Grounds WWII
Keith D. Worsham Vietnam
Jimmie Janeway Korea
Carl J. Suddath WWII
Weldon L. Grounds WWII
Alvin Keen WWII
Lewellen W. Bigbie CSA
Stuart A. Shiflett Korea
Patricia Willsher
John C. Scherer
Jesse M. Blanton
Billy Gene Sudderth WWII
Glenn W. Turner WWII
John C. Sifford WWI
Clyde L. Hendson WWII
Billy Sudderth Sr. WWII
Vernon R. Bicknell WWII
R.W. Macon Jr. WWII
William A. Whitley Korea
Travis F. Macon WWII
William R. Murley WWII
Howard M. Wilkerson WWII
Charles F. Ramberg WWII-Korea
James E. Gray WWII
Ivan P. Johnson WWII
Joseph H. Baum CSA
Joseph A. Norwood WWII
Billy R. Sudderth WWII
Marvin Joe Sudderth WWII
Joe A. Leslie WWII
Jackie W. Stanley Korea
Joe L. Wilkerson WWII
John Morrell Deel
Anna Mae Hooser
Carolanus Hawes CSA
Thomas N. Satterwhite WWI
Clovis J. Gibson WWII
Rex L. Elliott WWII
Billy Gene Brown
Charlie G. Hooser WWII
Leonard W. Click Jr. WWII
Stanley E. Davis
Jack P. Brown WWII
Chasworth Wilkerson WWII
James L. Howell
Joseph T. Groves WWII
Richard P. Milner Korea
Homer S. Dorsett WWII
Robert S. Newton WWII
Harry C. Wilkerson Korea
Thomas C. Murley WWII
Noble K. Cook WWII
Marvin Booher WWII
Donald Jene Carter
Albert G. Turner CSA
Troy A. Sudderth WWI
Homer G. Leslie WWI
Peter O. Justice CSA
James D. Thomas Vietnam
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Texas War of Independence, US Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam
In Honor Of: Grove Hill Veterans
Marker Text:
See Long Description: All names will not fit into this field.
Date of dedication: Unknown
Who Put it Here?: Grove Hill Cemetery
Description of Memorial:
A 1981 Texas Historical Marker provides some background:
The earliest settler in this area was George M. Smith, a native of Georgia, who moved here in 1844. By the early 1850s, a community had developed and a post office was established under the name Oak Hill. The first church, a Baptist congregation, was organized in 1855 at the home of pioneer settler Joseph Ring. During the Civil War several residents formed a Confederate militia unit known as the Oak Hill Home Guard.
The first church building, completed in 1869, was also used for Masonic lodge meetings and school classes. In 1878 William Thomas Clark, F.K. Taylor, and T.C. Cobb, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, purchased four acres at this site for a community schoolhouse, sanctuary, and cemetery.
The earliest marked grave in the community burial ground is that of William B.A. Thomas (d. 1862). Other graves include those of pioneer settlers and at least one former slave, Jack Sudderth (1799-1898).
The settlement of Grove Hill began to decline in the early 1880s after the nearby railroad town of Leonard (3.5 mi. SW) was established. The Masonic lodge moved there soon after and the school merged with the Leonard District in 1942.
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