Franklin in Simpson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Simpson County Veterans Memorial

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020

1. Simpson County Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dedicated in perpetual
memory to the men of Simpson
County who gave their lives
in the following wars

World War I Claud Boling • Tresley Bracken • Fred Cuff • Earnest Dean • Joe Nixon • Jesse G. Elliott • Paul K. Eskew • Ernest E. Finn • Charlie J. Gregory • George D. Harris • Walter Morgan • James Powell

World War II Casey Adamson • Morris E. Caudill • Frank B. Clark • Taylor C. Crowder • George S. Davidson • Delmer C. Deckard • James H. Ferguson • Junior Graves • Hugh A. Halcomb • Jack Harris • James A. Harris • Emmett P. Hatter, Jr. • Earl W. Helm • William Douglass Horn • I.D. Hunter • Roy V. Johns • Robert Stanley Kirby • Allen King Lamb • Wallace F. Long • Cecil Lowhorn • Paul Donald Mayes • Thomas H. Milliken • William Daniel Minnicks • David H. Randolph • Harry H. Reed, Jr. • Richard K. Short, Jr. • Glenn Irving Slate • John W. Stahl • Will Stinson, Jr. • Cecil Strain • Junior L. Thorpe • Floyd Utley • Robert D. Young

Korean War Robert C. Bradley • Alvin G. Bunch • Hubert Carver • William C. Denson • James Lowman

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Gosnell • Donald Eugene Hendricks • George Thomas Kitchens • Carlie Payton Kirby • Porter Knight • Eugene Moore Mayes

Vietnam War Paul Douglass Aton • Ronnie Lee Clayburn • James Thomas Dobbs • Earl Wayne Frye • Marvin W. Guthrie, Jr. • Gerald Wayne Mayberry • Willard Earl Spivey • Gary Ijams Carver

Erected by Franklin Lions Club, American Legion Post 62 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5706.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 36° 43.35′ N, 86° 34.717′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Kentucky, in Simpson County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of West Cedar Street (State Highway 100) and North Main Street (U.S. 31W), on the right when traveling west. Marker is on Simpson County Courthouse lawn. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 North Main Street, Franklin KY 42134, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Simpson County Desert Shield / Desert Storm Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); County Named, 1819 / Franklin (within shouting distance of this marker); Carolyn Conn Moore (within shouting distance of this marker); Cash-Carter Wedding / Walk the Line

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 1, 2020

2. Simpson County Veterans Memorial

(within shouting distance of this marker); Simpson County Civil War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Beverly L. Clarke (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Stone Jail / Jailer's Residence (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Goodnight Memorial Library / Isaac Hershel Goodnight (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.