Arley in Winston County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Meek High School War Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 3, 2022

1. Meek High School War Memorial

Inscription. Lest We Forget
Killed in Action

World War I 1917–18

World War II 1941–46 Marvin Wenfred Johnson • Thomas Felton Smith • O. Z. Thornton • Tommie Tyree • Russell Burdick Wade • Belton Elmo Wilson • Walter Evan Wilson • Jackson Harold Wooten

Korea 1950–55
Robert Bobby Lane

Vietnam 1964–75
Jimmy Ray Waldrep

Erected by Meek High School.

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

Location. 34° 4.795′ N, 87° 12.783′ W. Memorial is in Arley, Alabama, in Winston County. It can be reached from County Road 41 south of Gymnasium Road, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is by the school's main entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6615 Co Rd 41, Arley AL 35541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

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 Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Arley, Alabama (within shouting distance of this marker); History of Meek School (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Early Post Office Site (approx. 0.8 miles away); Nathan, Alabama

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(approx. one mile away); The Party Line - The “Talking Machine” (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Arley School (approx. 1.3 miles away); Brushy Creek (approx. 2.4 miles away); Former Site of Smith Schoolhouse (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arley.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 3, 2022

2. Meek High School War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 4, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.