Beattyville in Lee County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Lee County War Memorial

Lee County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

By Frank Profitt, November 7, 2020

1. Lee County Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dedicated to those from Lee County who gave their lives in the cause of freedom

Civil War
Henry Clay Bowman • Jeptha Brandenburgh • Samuel Brandenburgh • William H Brandenburgh • James Carter • William B Chapman • Chaples E Davis • John Duke • E B Hamilton • Alex Ledford • Archibald McGuire • Benjamin McGuire • Houston McGuire • James g McGuire • Jonathan McGuire • Medley s McGuire • Jonn Steele • Jesse Thomas • Henry B Tincher

Spanish American War
Harrison Paul Smith

World War I
Mathew Begley • Morton Brandenburg • Steve Combs • Breck Drake • Blaine Herd • Bradley Herd • Dewey Herd • John D Hogan • Julius Horn • William Lucas • Peter Messer • Malcolm H Robertson

World War II
Charles Bowman • James D Brandenburgh • W H Brandenburgh • Willie L Brooks • Dorsey Cole • Earnest Combs • Vernon C Coomer • William Cornelius (Burton) • Woodrow Dodge • Henry Drake • Alfred Dunaway • David Dunaway • Carmen Dunigan • George Ellis • Elmer Estes • Adolph Hall • Carl Hall • George E Hall • Henry R Haynes • Willis Hobbs • Omer Fred Hollon • Charles W Horn

By Frank Profitt, November 7, 2020

2. Lee County Veterans Memorial

• Estil Jones • R B Kincaid • Cecil Mann • Dudley C Mayse • Noah McQueen • Walter C Miller • Thomas J Moore • Charles A Morrision • Samuel C Palver • Bobby Perdue • Charles G Philips • James H Porter • Billie Reece • George E Rogers • Lonnie G Rogers • Robert Rose • Fred Slone Jr • Elvin Smyth • Charles Plowman • Lenorard C Smyth • James M Sparks • Clay Stamper • Reynolds Thomas • Vernon Todd • Roscoe Vires • Billie Wilson

US Marine Corp Reserve
Roy Smallwood

Korea Conflict
Jack Newman • Cecil E Smith • Elmo Porter

Vietnam
Harry E Bates • Darius E Brown • Jimmy Harris • Willie James Cakes • Donald M Perdue • Edward Lee Vanderpool • Everett E Woolums • Jake Osborne • Kenneth Marcum

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

Location. 37° 34.374′ N, 83° 42.403′ W. Marker is in Beattyville, Kentucky, in Lee County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Broadway (Kentucky Route 11) and Lumber Street (Kentucky Route 52), on the right when traveling south. Located on top of the hill above the Veterans Wall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beattyville KY 41311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Lee County Veterans Wall (a few steps from this marker); A Masterful Retreat (about 600 feet away, measured in a

Gasoline Fire Memorial image. Click for full size.

By Frank Profitt, November 7, 2020

3. Gasoline Fire Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the tragic gasoline fire accident in Beattyville, Ky. on September 24. 1977
Reba Lucas Davis • Christina Bradley Hughes • Judy Price Gabbard • Gladys Fights • Vickie Brewer Moore • Tressie Marie Fuller • Woodrow Wilson

direct line); County Named, 1870 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kentucky River Forms Here (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birthplace of Earle B. Combs (approx. 5.2 miles away); Boone’s Station (approx. 6.9 miles away); County Named, 1843 (approx. 6.9 miles away); a different marker also named A Masterful Retreat (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beattyville.

Lee County War Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

By Frank Profitt, November 7, 2020

4. Lee County War Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2020, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 37 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 27, 2020, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.