Huntington in Cabell County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Marshall Memorial

Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

1. Marshall Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Marshall Memorial. . In lasting remembrance of the members of the Marshall University Football Team, the coaches, staff, and devoted fans who died in the plane crash November 14, 1970. , They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever and this memorial records their loss to the university and to the community. , Thomas Wayne Brown, 1948 + 1970 . Kevin Francis Gilmore, 1949 + 1970 . David Dearing Griffith Jr., 1947 + 1970 . Barry Winston Nash, 1951 + 1970 . Allen Gene Skeens, 1951 + 1970 . Thomas Jonathan Zborill, 1949 + 1970. , Members of the Football Team: James Michael Adams . Mark Raeburn Andrews . Michael Francis Blake . Dennis Michael Blevins . Willie Bluford, Jr, . Larry Brown . Thomas Wayne Brown . Roger Keith Childers . Stuart Spence Cottrell . Richard Lee Dardinger . David Grant DeBord . Kevin Francis Gilmore . David Dearing Griffith, Jr. . Arthur Wilhelm Harris . Robert Anthony Harris . Bobby Wayne Hill . Joe Lee Hood . James Thomas Howard, Jr. . Marcelo Hector Lajterman . Richard Adam Lech . Barry Winston Nash . Patrick Jay Norrell . James Robert Patterson . Scottie Lee Reese . John Anton Repasy, Jr. . Larry Sanders . Charles Alan Saylor . Arthur Kirk Shannon . Lionel Theodore Shoebridge . Allen Gene Skeens . Jerry Dodson Stainback . Donald Tackett, Jr. . Robert James Van Horn . Roger Arnie Vanover . Freddie Clay Wilson . John Patton Young . Thomas Jonathan Zborill. , Staff Members: Donald Booth . Herbert Benjamin Brackett . Albert Carl Carelli, Jr. . Gary Wilson George . Charles Edward Kautz . Frank Paul Loria .Eugene Jerome Morehouse . James Moffett Moss, II . Jefferey Patterson O’Connor . James Joseph Schroer . Rickey Dale Tolley , Alumni and Friends: Charles Marion Arnold . Rachael Lynette Arnold . Joseph Edward Chambers . Margaret Hall Chambers . Ray Russell Hagley . Shirley Mealey Hagley . Arthur Lawrence Harris . Emmett Oakes Heath . Elaine Keyser Heath . James Ralph Jarrell . Cynthia Scott Leslie Jarrell . Kenneth Elsworth Jones . Michael Raymond Prestera . Glenn Hamilton Preston . Phyllis Charles Preston . Herbert Dickerson Proctor . Josephine Phillips Proctor . Helen Banda Ralsten . Matthew Murrill Ralsten . Parker Lafon Ward . Norman Weighmann , Members of the Crew: Capt. Frank Hall Abbott . Danny Marion Deese . Charlene Poat . Jerry Randolph Smith . Patrician Lee Vaught ,

In lasting remembrance of the members of the Marshall University Football Team, the coaches, staff, and devoted fans who died in the plane crash November 14, 1970.

They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever and this memorial records their loss to the university and to the community.
Thomas Wayne Brown, 1948 + 1970 • Kevin Francis Gilmore, 1949 + 1970 • David Dearing Griffith Jr., 1947 + 1970 • Barry Winston Nash, 1951 + 1970 • Allen Gene Skeens, 1951 + 1970 • Thomas Jonathan Zborill, 1949 + 1970.

Members of the Football Team: James Michael Adams • Mark Raeburn Andrews • Michael Francis Blake • Dennis Michael Blevins • Willie Bluford, Jr, • Larry Brown • Thomas Wayne Brown • Roger Keith Childers • Stuart Spence Cottrell • Richard Lee Dardinger • David Grant DeBord • Kevin Francis Gilmore • David Dearing Griffith, Jr. • Arthur Wilhelm Harris • Robert Anthony Harris • Bobby Wayne Hill • Joe Lee Hood • James Thomas Howard, Jr. • Marcelo Hector Lajterman • Richard Adam Lech • Barry Winston Nash • Patrick Jay Norrell • James Robert Patterson • Scottie Lee Reese • John Anton Repasy, Jr. • Larry Sanders • Charles Alan Saylor • Arthur Kirk Shannon • Lionel Theodore Shoebridge • Allen Gene Skeens • Jerry Dodson Stainback • Donald Tackett, Jr. • Robert James Van Horn • Roger Arnie Vanover

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• Freddie Clay Wilson • John Patton Young • Thomas Jonathan Zborill.

Staff Members: Donald Booth • Herbert Benjamin Brackett • Albert Carl Carelli, Jr. • Gary Wilson George • Charles Edward Kautz • Frank Paul Loria •Eugene Jerome Morehouse • James Moffett Moss, II • Jefferey Patterson O’Connor • James Joseph Schroer • Rickey Dale Tolley

Alumni and Friends: Charles Marion Arnold • Rachael Lynette Arnold • Joseph Edward Chambers • Margaret Hall Chambers • Ray Russell Hagley • Shirley Mealey Hagley • Arthur Lawrence Harris • Emmett Oakes Heath • Elaine Keyser Heath • James Ralph Jarrell • Cynthia Scott Leslie Jarrell • Kenneth Elsworth Jones • Michael Raymond Prestera • Glenn Hamilton Preston • Phyllis Charles Preston • Herbert Dickerson Proctor • Josephine Phillips Proctor • Helen Banda Ralsten • Matthew Murrill Ralsten • Parker Lafon Ward • Norman Weighmann

Members of the Crew: Capt. Frank Hall Abbott • Danny Marion Deese • Charlene Poat • Jerry Randolph Smith • Patrician Lee Vaught

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is November 14, 1900.

Location. 38° 24.75′ N, 82° 25.134′ W. Marker is in Huntington, West Virginia, in Cabell County. Marker can be reached from Norway

Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

2. Marshall Memorial Marker

Ave (entrance to the cemetery). The Memorial is located in Spring Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huntington WV 25703, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Marshall Memorial Boulevard (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); War Between the States Generals / Spring Hill Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dr. Carter Godwin Wilson (approx. 0.6 miles away); Carter Godwin Woodson (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lavinia Norman, Founder (approx. 0.7 miles away); One Room School Museum (approx. 0.8 miles away); November 14, 1970 (approx. 0.8 miles away); We Are . . . Marshall (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntington.

Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

3. Marshall Memorial Marker

Photographed By Don Morfe, April 14, 2014

4. Marshall Memorial Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 991 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 14, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.