Metter in Candler County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Candler County War Memorial

Brave Men of Candler County Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 2009

1. Brave Men of Candler County Marker

(Far Left Panel)
Love
Dedication
Service
Sacrifice
=
Freedom

(Far Right Panel)
Honor Roll
War On Terrorism
Darren P. Hubbell

Inscription. Dedicated to Those
Brave Men of Candler County Who
Paid the Supreme Sacrifice in
Defense of Their Country

Donated by the Citizens
of
Candler County
Memorial Day 1987 ( Left Panel)

Honor Roll
World War II
Thomas Bragg • William A. Brinson • Levy Brown •
Ben Grady Collins • Wallace D. Collins • William Wright Collins •
Theodore H. Eiseman • John Forehand, Jr • J.G. Grice •
Boazie Hargrove • Ray E. Hooks • Clayton Jeffcoat •
Stein P. Lanier • Tommie McCullough • Clarence A. Nevili •
Grady T. Nutter • Donald D. Rigdon • Wilber Tidwell •
Eppins William Cowart • Pope W. Arthur • James Grady Collins •
Robert Hendley
(1927) Nicaraguan Conflict
Rastus Collins

(Right Panel)

Honor Roll
World War I
R.L. Boatright • Kemp Creech •
Glen Lavender • Joe Williams

Korean War
W. Howard Daughtry • Jack Kimbrough •
Linton Jackson Cowart

Vietnam War
Oscar Barker Jr. • Lewis I. Biggers •
Benjamin Stephen Fordham • Wiley D. Hooks •
Ronald E. Taylor • Raymond Jinks

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Erected 1987 by Citizens of Candler County.

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

Location. 32° 23.848′ N, 82° 3.757′ W. Marker is in Metter, Georgia, in Candler County. Memorial is on West Broad Street (State Highway 46) near North Kennedy Street, on the right when traveling west. Southwest corner of the Courthouse lawn. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Metter GA 30439, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. American Legion Armed Forces Tribute (a few steps from this marker); Candler County (a few steps from this marker); Metter's Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Candler County Courthouse (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Old Sunbury Road (approx. 3.8 miles away); Pulaski, Georgia (approx. 6.2 miles away); Excelsior and its Academy (approx. 8.1 miles away); Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Metter.

Also see . . . United States occupation of Nicaragua. The 1927 Nicaragua Conflict on the marker refers to the US occupation of Nicaragua,

Photographed By Mike Stroud, April 1, 2009

2. Brave Men of Candler County Marker

Southwest corner of courthouse lawn

part of a longer period of US intervention in Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933. (Submitted on June 23, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,722 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 22, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.