Brooks County Veterans Memorial - Quitman, GA
N 30° 47.116 W 083° 33.616
17R E 254996 N 3408607
This lovely monument to the veterans of Brooks County is located on the grounds of the Brooks County Courthouse in Quiteman, Georgia, USA.
Waymark Code: WMG4Y8
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2013
Views: 4
The monument consists of a granite, cupola-like structure with the statue of a soldier with his arms crossed and leaning on his gun on top. This structure has four pillars and four round granite stones atop it. Granite tablets surrounding the monument recognize local war veterans from World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
In Honor Of: No such text
Marker Text: Colored Privates
Frank R. Anderson
Ray Adams
David Witherspoon
Henry Bell
Solomon Jones
Memory Clark
Sam Moseley
Oscar Bryant
Wallace Bell
ABOVE WORLD WAR I
BELOW WORLD WAR II
Grant J. Corker
Elzie Davis
Wesley Giddens
James B. Gray
Livingston Horne
Charlie J. Massey
James Mosley
1st L. Wilbur Oglesby
Privates
Arthur Culpepper
Gordon B. Eppey
Arthur M. Griffin
Harvey Nesmith
Cecil M. Rogers
Jas. H. Sapp
James B. Shearer
Wilbur Sweat
Gordon Smith
Hiram Treadaway
Robert L. Williams
Burton Williams
John H. Wilson
Oliver Parker
James R. Perry
Lonnie L. Smith
Willie Snow
William Eubanks
Chas. Dodd
Ben F. McCranie
Archie Bowen
Ernest B. Lovett
Terrance Massey
L.B. McDaniel
H.G. McDowell, Jr.
Lowry McDonald
Clarence Monk
Edward Newsome
Theron F. Nichols
J.H. Oesterricher
C.A. Pike
Lewis Pike
Herman Randall
Floyd Rogers
Thomas Shiver
Sherrod Simpson
Clarence Smith
James W. Strickland
Robert Strickland
J.C. Swann
R.C. Tison, Jr.
J.D. Ward, Jr.
Calvin Julian Watson
James S. Webb
John Woods
Robert Wolner
WORLD WAR II
Wilson H. Alderman
Thomas N. Arrington, Jr.
Paul Bass
Douglas Boles
Edward M. Bozeman
Emmett O. Brooks
William L. Busby, Jr.
Bobbie Cone
William Elry Dean
John Devane
Emerson Lamar Elwell
Medvin Ferrell
Joe Folsom
Everett Graham
Elmo Green
P.M. Grier
Murray T. Horne
Henry D. Howard
Clarence M. Jones
Murray T. Johnson
Charlie N. Jones
Dewey W. Jordan
Mose Kearse
Floyd H. Kendricks
Duncan M. Kennedy
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
Samuel B. Hill
Homer T. Patrick
Horace W. Johnson
Donald Roy Williams
Carol Wayne Warren
James O. Warren
VIETNAM
Charles R. Ashley, Jr.
Clinton Eugene Harris, Jr.
Jonathan Royal Gaddis
Russell Lee Johnson
Willie James Frazier
Isaac Thomas, Jr.
Elbert James Baker, Jr.
Robert Glenn Warren
Who Put it Here?: Daughters of the Confederacy
Description of Memorial: The memorial is located to the left of the main entrance to the Brooks County Courthouse. It is surrounded by a small circular garden.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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