Rockmart in Polk County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Rockmart Memorial Park

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 5, 2022

1. Rockmart Memorial Park Marker

Inscription.

Rockmart Memorial Park. . [Entry marker] We honor those who served in our country's Armed forces, Dedicated November 11, 2001. [Main memorial] The City of Rockmart and Brown–Wright American Legion Post 12 dedicate this memorial to the memory of those named here who made the ultimate sacrifice in. service to our country and in honor of every service member who served our nation in war and peace. [Left wing] World War I April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918. Raymor R. Brown . Cecil Abner . Harvey C. Baldwin . Lee R. Camp . Paul L. Coss . Wesley R. Nichols . Jim J. Reese . Frederick S. Tant . James O.Upton Korea June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955 Homer E. Barnett . Jack Dudley . William H. Dumas Vietnam February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975. Don L. Atkins . James Copeland . Jullian W. Couch . Thomas Daniel . Thomas Forbes . Clarence Harper . Wayne Kent . Homer Lee . Guy L. Mears . Clyde H. Stone . Anthony Stringer . Grover L. Suit Lebanon / Grenada August 24, 1982 - July 31, 1984 Panama December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990 Persian Gulf August 2, 1990 – Shannon V. Weaver. [Right wing] World War II December 7, 1941 – December 31, 1946. John P. Wright . Freeman K. Ballard . Prince Bates . Jesse T. Bradley . Paul W. Cain . Theodore Carroll . Watson O. Carter . James T. Cauley . Charles R. Childers . John C. Coalson . John D. Coalson . R. D. Countryman . William E. Davis . Clark T. Dean . E. L. (Jack) Dean . Joseph E. Dean . Parks Durham . William Entrekin . Earl M. Herrinc Jr. . William D. Hicks . Howard Holcombe . Paul W. Howard . Julian D. Hulsey . William H. Jackson . Fred W. Jolly . Jefferson Jolly . Robert E. Jones . Rance Jones . Hugh Kelley . Tom W. Coker, William D. Lanier . Victor E. Latham . James J. Lipham . Ivey Locklear . Felton Longshore . William Lowe . Warner McMichen . Roland Matthews . Richard H. Moon . James R. Moore . Clifford Morgan . Ernest Morgan . George Nettles . Cecil Nolen . Donald Pruitt . Vernon E. Renfroe . Johnnie Singleton . Ed Smith . Marvin D. Smith . Lonzo Stokes . William P. Strange . Benjamin F. Swan . James M. Sweatt . Bobby R. Thomas . Franklin Welchel . Davis Whiteside . Randolph Whiteside . James Wood . Jim D. Woods . Boyd T. Morley

[Entry marker]
We honor those who
served in our country's
Armed forces

Dedicated
November 11, 2001
[Main memorial]
The City of Rockmart
and
Brown–Wright
American Legion
Post 12
dedicate
this memorial to the
memory of those named
here who made the ultimate
sacrifice in. service to our
country and in honor of
every service member who
served our nation in
war and peace
[Left wing]
World War I
April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918 Raymor R. Brown • Cecil Abner • Harvey C. Baldwin • Lee R. Camp • Paul L. Coss • Wesley R. Nichols • Jim J. Reese • Frederick S. Tant • James O.Upton
Korea
June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955
Homer E. Barnett • Jack Dudley • William H. Dumas
Vietnam
February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975 Don L. Atkins • James Copeland • Jullian W. Couch • Thomas Daniel • Thomas Forbes • Clarence Harper • Wayne Kent • Homer Lee • Guy L. Mears • Clyde H. Stone • Anthony Stringer • Grover L. Suit
Lebanon / Grenada
August 24, 1982 - July 31, 1984
Panama
December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990
Persian Gulf
August 2, 1990 –
Shannon V. Weaver
[Right wing]
World War II
December 7, 1941 – December 31, 1946 John

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P. Wright • Freeman K. Ballard • Prince Bates • Jesse T. Bradley • Paul W. Cain • Theodore Carroll • Watson O. Carter • James T. Cauley • Charles R. Childers • John C. Coalson • John D. Coalson • R. D. Countryman • William E. Davis • Clark T. Dean • E. L. (Jack) Dean • Joseph E. Dean • Parks Durham • William Entrekin • Earl M. Herrinc Jr. • William D. Hicks • Howard Holcombe • Paul W. Howard • Julian D. Hulsey • William H. Jackson • Fred W. Jolly • Jefferson Jolly • Robert E. Jones • Rance Jones • Hugh Kelley • Tom W. Coker

William D. Lanier • Victor E. Latham • James J. Lipham • Ivey Locklear • Felton Longshore • William Lowe • Warner McMichen • Roland Matthews • Richard H. Moon • James R. Moore • Clifford Morgan • Ernest Morgan • George Nettles • Cecil Nolen • Donald Pruitt • Vernon E. Renfroe • Johnnie Singleton • Ed Smith • Marvin D. Smith • Lonzo Stokes • William P. Strange • Benjamin F. Swan • James M. Sweatt • Bobby R. Thomas • Franklin Welchel • Davis Whiteside • Randolph Whiteside • James Wood • Jim D. Woods • Boyd T. Morley

Erected 2001 by City of Rockmart • Brown–Wright American Legion Post 12.

Topics. This

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2. Rockmart Memorial Park Marker (main)

memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 33° 59.84′ N, 85° 3.17′ W. Memorial is in Rockmart, Georgia, in Polk County. It is at the intersection of Church Street and Water Street, on the left when traveling south on Church Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Rockmart GA 30153, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Mountains. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 original Cherokee Nation,

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rockmart Slate House (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Van Wert Polk County (approx. 0.8 miles away); Logan’s 15th Corps at Swaintown

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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 5, 2022

3. Rockmart Memorial Park

(approx. 2.9 miles away); Davis & Dodge at Peek’s Spring (approx. 3.6 miles away); Army of the Tenn. To Dallas (approx. 6.4 miles away); Taylorsville High School (approx. 7.4 miles away); Stilesboro Academy (approx. 10.7 miles away); The Army of the Cumberland at Stilesboro (approx. 10.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockmart.

Another marker is no longer nearby. McPherson’s March to Dallas (was approx. 5.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 581 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 10, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.