Ork Grove in Phil Campbell in Franklin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, July 12, 2025

1. In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

Inscription. Ollie Mason son of W.E. and Almadia Duboise. Born Oct. 25, 1922 Volunteered to U.S. Navy Nov. 9, 1942 finished training Great Lakes Ill, torpedoed and sank off northern Cuba coast on May 13, 1943 as gunner on Merchant Vessel S.S. Mambi

In greatful memory of Ollie Mason, who died in the service of his country at sea Atlantic area S.S. Mambi, 14, May 1944 presumed he stands in the unbroken lines of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live and grow and increase its blessings. Freedom lives and through it he lives in a way that humbles the under taking of most men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of
the United States of America
He died many miles from the home that gave him birth, but all who loves freedom will love him because of the principle for which if voluntarily died.

Your own proud lands heroic soil must be your fitter grave, she claims from war his richest spoil the ashes of the brave.

Hutcheson Duboise American Leagon Post 178 Org. 1946 in honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois. Both died in action. A.L. Kuykendall Com.

Erected 1948 by Haleyville Marble Wks L.M. Clement & Sons.

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Location. 34° 24.815′ N, 87° 34.759′ W. Memorial is in Phil Campbell, Alabama, in Franklin County. It is in Ork Grove. It is at the intersection of County Route 81 and County Route 38, on the right when traveling south on County Route 81. Marker is in an island at the junction of County Road 81 & 38. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 12240 County Rd 81, Phil Campbell AL 35581, 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 2011 Tornado (here,

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, July 12, 2025

2. In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

next to this marker); Newburg (approx. 5 miles away); Lawson Hubbard (approx. 5.8 miles away); Major David Hubbard (approx. 5.9 miles away); Mount Hope Community (approx. 6 miles away); Counts Family Cemetery (approx. 6.3 miles away); Kinlock (approx. 8 miles away); Maxwell Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 8.6 miles away).

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, June 15, 2025

3. In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, June 15, 2025

4. In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, June 15, 2025

5. In Honor of Ray Hutcheson & Mason Dubois Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 13, 2025, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.