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

Marion County, Tennessee World War II Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

1. Marion County, Tennessee World War II Memorial

Inscription.
[Center panel]
Dedicated to the memory of the sons of Marion County Tenn. who gave their lives in World War Two, 1941-1946
[Left wing]
And these our dead Andregg, Henry Jr. • Allen, Benton • Alley, Leslie G. • Anderson, Garland • Aycock, Vincent S. • Bayne, Norman T. • Blansett, William T. • Blansett, Edward F. • Brown, Robert L. • Chambers, Kay • Colvin, Estel • Condra, Lancele B. • Cooper, Buford G. • Coppinger, G. H. Jr. • Cowan, James M. • Curtis, John • Curtis, Paul C. • Davidson, Tommy • Dawkins, John P. • Durham, Clarence A. • Floyd, Chester G. • Floyd, James H. • Goins, Arthur K. • Griffith, Herman C. • Hass, Oliver • Harris, William R. • Haskew, Sam T. • Hatfield, Dan • Holloway, Jack • Holloway, Ralph • Jenkins, Siles L. • Johnson, George • Jones, Oscar

[Right wing]
In honored glory rest Lawhorn, Rex • Jordan, Thomas • Kilgore, Harlie E. • Kilgore, William R. • Lawson, Fred A. • Legg, Arthur A. • Lofty, Alex. Jr. • Mason, Charles L. • Melton, Homer J. • Miles, Nubert R. • Murray, Hubert • Owens, Oscar • Owensby, Clifford • Parker, James C. • Peardon, William A. • Pennington, Robert • Phillips, Aulton N. • Pope, Waymond L. • Ray, Neal M. • Ridge, Robert • Robertson, Richard • Rogers, Henry E. • Seay, James A. • Slaughter, Homer L. • Smith, Henry

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• Spears, Harold H. • Tanner, Holdman L. • Thomas, William G. • Troxell, William W. • Walden, Jake • West, James R. • White, Lloyd D. • Wiggins, J. T. • Wileman, Mack W.

Erected 1952 by The Ameican Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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

Location. 35° 4.457′ N, 85° 37.53′ W. Memorial is in Jasper, Tennessee, in Marion County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 41) east of Betsy Pack Drive, 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: Korean Conflict / Vietnam Conflict (here, next to this marker); Marion County, Tennessee World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Marion County, Tennessee War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Will Cummings Highway (within shouting distance of this marker); Betsy Pack (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, Tennessee World War II 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 441 times since then and 35 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.