Celina in Clay County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Clay County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 4, 2020

1. Clay County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Honoring those who gave
the supreme sacrifice
from
Clay County
Reverse:
Spanish American War
Stanley G. Wright

World War I Bedford Sherman Bean • Ezra A. Brown • John S. Bean • John E. Cherry • Stone F. Cherry • Elmer C. Colson • Comer Cross • Ben Cunningham • Clyde F. Hestand • Willie B. Kendall • Clarence McBride • Harm Smith • Amos Spear • James A. Waddle • Ruebin J. Watson

World War II Bob Abney • Luke S. Anderson • R. J. Bean • Willis L. R. Brown • Willis S. Brown • Henry E. Browning • Cecil Bullock • Willis Collins • Clifton Craighead • Noble Larry Crawford • Millard W. Dace • Winfield Dale J. B. Dennis • James R. Fitzgerald • Fred T. Garrett • Loy Cecil Hogan • Fred King • George S. King • James C. Lancaster • Hasker W. Reeder • Isaac A. Mansfield • Noel Ralph McLerran • Vernon Page • Gervous G. Painter • Robert E. Painter • Noel G. Pitcock • William F. Pennington • Felie Reecer • Edwin L. Short • Fred Short • Dumas L. Smith • Willis D. Smith • John C. Smith • Sherman C. Teeple • Edward C. Walker • Marshall C. Webb • Oscar Welch • Ether Coell Wood

Korean Conflict
Noble Larry Crawford • Delton Ellis • William Martin Welch

Vietnam War
Jerry I.

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Cherry • Larry Strong • William Watson

Iraq
Robert Wes Tucker

Afghanistan
Dennis Ray Murray

Erected by American Legion Post 18.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 36° 33.021′ N, 85° 30.366′ W. Memorial is in Celina, Tennessee, in Clay County. It is on Main Street south of Dow Avenue (Tennessee Highway 52), on the right when traveling south. Marker is on grounds of Clay County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Court Square, Celina TN 38551, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 walking distance of this marker: Clay County Veterans Monument (here, next to this marker); Celina During the Civil War (a few steps from this marker); The Clay County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); William Hull Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Dumas Walker's Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Hugh Roberts (approx. 0.4 miles away); Donaldson Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); History of the Webb Cemetery (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Celina.

Clay County Veterans Memorial Reverse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 4, 2020

2. Clay County Veterans Memorial Reverse

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 4, 2020

3. Clay County Veterans Memorial

The featured marker is on the left.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 466 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 6, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.