Taylorsville in Alexander County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II
Inscription.
Alexander County Remembers
World War I
1917 - 1918
James A. Allen James Brookshire Archie Brown Charles Cook Otis R. Douglas Robert L. Eckard Tally Drum Roy Flowers Jessie Hollar Hackett Munday Charlie Shaver
World War II 1941-1945
Charles Baker Hackett Bebber Sherman G. Bebber Arthur Bentley Willie F. Boles Clyde Bowman Rayford D. Bowman Troy J. Bruce Jr. Hansel Bumgarner Sam J. Bumgarner Wade E. Campbell Jr. James R. Carrigan Manuel F. Childers Maynard Childers Rayford H. Childers Conley J. Cline Parks L. Cockrell Charlie Correll Dearold Daniels Harold Deal John C. Drum Clarence Echerd Arthur G. Edwards Thomas E. Eder Allen F. Ford Ralph A. Ford Fred G. Fox Ul Gant David E. Goble Robert L. Green Isaac H. Hanff Henry Hines Warren Hollar Garvey A. Icenhour Raymond R. Icenhour Thomas E. Jenkins Clarence E. Jolly Willie F. Bowels Rome A. Jolly Dillard L. Kerley James L. Kerley Pleas Kerley Kermit A. King Dale A. Lackey Loy J. Lowman Creel M. Little Graydon Little Eugene C. Long Jr. James B. Lynch Howard M. Matheson Asa T. Mecimore Conley Mayes Horace E. Milstead Walter D. Moretz Harold L. Mull Harland Murphy Ray Oliver Ray E. Orren Bruce W. Osborne Paul Pardue Connie M. Pennell Frank J. Pennell Glenn O. Ratcliff Howard W. Rector Thomas R. Rufty Jimmy Sims Otis O. Spencer Marvin C. Stafford Charles Starnes Rex Stevenson Bernard B. Stout Horace W. Teague George D. Thomas Ernest M. Webster Felix White
All gave some. Some gave all.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 35° 55.336′ N, 81° 10.518′ W. Memorial is in Taylorsville, North Carolina, in Alexander County. It is at the intersection of North Center Street (County Highway 1605) and Main Avenue Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Center Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Taylorsville NC 28681, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 original Thirteen Colonies, 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: Alexander County Veterans Memorial - Korea & Viet Nam
(here, next to this marker); Alexander County Veterans Memorial Bell Tower (a few steps from this marker); The Bell (a few steps from this marker); Picket's Charge (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); The Charters of Freedom (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hiddenite (approx. 4.3 miles away); Brantley York (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Taylorsville.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.


