Jasper in Marion County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Marion County, Tennessee World War I Memorial

Marion County World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

1. Marion County World War I Memorial

Inscription. To the sons of Marion County who gave their lives for democracy and the freedom of the world
1917-1918
Mack Burnett, Jr. • Vince Riley Choate • Claude D. Crumbliss • Winslow Edw. Cowan • Robert A. Dykes • Joe Dennis • Dallas Polk Ewton • Robert A. Gamble • Archie Gilbreath • Grover Goins • James Harrison • John T. Kilgore • Walter G. Layne • Lawrence D. Lewis • Eastly Maxwell • Andrew Reynolds • Bertrice Roberts • Ransom Sampley • William Alex. Sharp • Luther Lee Smith • Lacy Oscar Smith • A. Westmoreland

Erected by Marion Post No. 62, The American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 35° 4.458′ N, 85° 37.523′ W. Memorial is in Jasper, Tennessee, in Marion County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 41) west of Academy Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is on Marion County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Courthouse Square, Jasper TN 37347, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marion County, Tennessee War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean Conflict / Vietnam Conflict (a few steps from this marker); Marion County, Tennessee World War II Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Betsy Pack (within shouting distance of this marker); The Will Cummings Highway (within shouting distance of this marker); Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 3.7 miles away); Chiaha (approx. 4.3 miles away); Bean-Roulston Graveyard (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jasper.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

2. Marion County World War I Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 204 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.