Seminary in Covington County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Lest We Forget

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

1. Lest We Forget Memorial

Inscription. World War II 1941-45McGrew Aultman • Trinjton Ruffin Aultman • Earnest Arthur Clark • Kenneth Graham Davis • J. P. Dunn • Ulmer Fairchild • Van Barkley Hemeter • A. J. Kelly • Lawrence Alllen Lott • Charles Ross Pickering • Ira Bruce Redmon • Esco Rogers

Korea 1950-53Howard Eugene Clayton • Cecil Ammon Crosby • Allen Eddie Mooney • James Edward Rowell

Vietnam 1964-72Joseph Carlton Blackwell

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

Location. 31° 33.725′ N, 89° 29.829′ W. Memorial is in Seminary, Mississippi, in Covington County. It is on Willow Avenue just north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Willow Ave, Seminary MS 39479, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Mississippi’s Pine Belt.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Zion Seminary (approx. 0.9 miles away); Birthplace of Gerald McRaney (approx. 6.3 miles away); Covington County Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 6.6 miles away); PFC Mack A. Jordan (approx.

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6.6 miles away); Covington County War Memorial (approx. 6.7 miles away); Covington County Courthouse (approx. 6.7 miles away); Courthouse Square at Williamsburg (approx. 7.7 miles away); Providence Baptist Church (approx. 12.4 miles away).

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

2. Lest We Forget Memorial

Looking north from East Main Street.

Seminary Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

3. Seminary Memorial Park

Looking north from East Main Street; the old Seminary railroad depot is in the background.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

4. Seminary Memorial Park

Looking south along Willow Avenue; East Main Street crosses in the background.

Seminary Memorial Park Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

5. Seminary Memorial Park Dedication

(mounted on the back side of the memorial)
Seminary Memorial ParkThis monument is dedicated to the memory of the men from the Seminary area who lost their lives as a result of hostile enemy action against the United States while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.Dedicated this, the 30th day of May, 1988
Town Officials
Hon. Lawrence B. Hemeter, Mayor
Aldermen
Bobby W. Aultman • Shirley A. Beasley • Jerry C. Bullock • Jack B. Crosby • David R. DanielsPark CommitteeDaniel A. Aultman, Chairman
J. Ray Pickering, Co-Chairman
Jack B. Crosby • Billy R. Folks • Edith K. Lott • John C. Redmon • A. Mason Stringer, Sup. Beat 1 • C. Ernest TannehillThis monument funded through private donations of friends, citizens of the Seminary area, and local veterans organizations.

Seminary Memorial Park Construction image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 23, 2025

6. Seminary Memorial Park Construction

(resting at the front base of the memorial)
Seminary Memorial Park
constructed byDon A. Crosby • J. Roland Dossett • Tom L. Napier • James R. Pickering • Johnnie E. Pickering • Kenny J. Pickering • Gary D. Sanford • Roger SanfordMemorial provided by Beverly Memorial Co.
April, 1988

Credits. This page was last revised on June 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 117 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.