Emporia, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memoriam

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2021

1. In Memoriam Marker

Inscription. Dedicated by the Auxiliary to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 5371
to perpetuate the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I and II

★ World War I ★ Eugene Bryant • Thomas M. Bulla • Charlie Easter, Jr. • Samuel T. Hand • Walter J. Mason • Willie P. Mitchell • Willie Green • Leslie Parram • William E. Pair • Charles W. Wright • John Williams

★ World War II ★ Charles Haynie Borum, Jr. • Wilson J. Brantley • William M. Bragg • William Lawrence Dowle • Willie M. Doyle • George Dianis • George H. Gray • Roy Clifton Harvey • Herman Arrington • Herbert Lee Slick • James W. Brown • Nathaniel Bampbell • B.B. Hawes • Edgar W. Hughster • Ernest Lundberch Johnson • Weldon L. Jones • Chapman W. Lucas, Jr. • Hugh Benjamin Mahood • William D. Miller • Randolph Easter • James Anderson Fisher • Nathaniel Lewis • Clarence G. Norwood • Robert R. Fair, Jr. • Ollie M. Rogers • Brutus W. Rook, Jr. • Robert Lee Taylor • Robert B. Thomason • Charlie B. Turner • James M. Watkins • George Frank Majette • Doublas

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S. Rieves • Paul S. Whohe

Erected 1947 by The Auxiliary to VFW Post 5371.

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

Location. 36° 41.185′ N, 77° 32.542′ W. Memorial is in Emporia, Virginia. It is on South Main Street (U.S. 301) just north of Hicksford Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 301 S Main St, Emporia VA 23847, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southside Virginia

and specifically in Central Virginia.

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

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: Veterans of the 1914-1918 World War I (a few steps

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 27, 2021

2. In Memoriam Marker

from this marker); Greensville County (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Hicks (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chaplain Thomas M. Bulla (about 300 feet away); Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr. (about 500 feet away); Grave of Gen. John R. Chambliss, Jr. (about 500 feet away); Early Masonic Lodges (about 600 feet away); Emporia – Greensville Veteran War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emporia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Confederate Soldiers of Greensville County (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 332 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.