Huntsville in Scott County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Rock House Creek Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 12, 2025
1. Rock House Creek Veterans Memorial Marker
1775 Revolutionary War
Phillip Lowe
1861 Civil War
John Owens Thomas Hicks Casable Claxton Jacob Robinson Granville Braden George Braden
1898 Spanish American War
Freeman Ellis George Chambers
1917 World War I & After
Evert Lay Thomas Hicks Gerome Grant Silcox Manyard D. Chambers Ernie Robinson Atie M. Lay Ezra Lay James Luther Lay Francis Marion Lay
1942 World War II & After
Marley Cross Billy Cross Glen Collins David Chambers Willard Chambers Ralph Chambers Willie R. Grayson Waymon D. Cross J.D. (John Devine) Chambers Harold Collins Chester Collins Raymond Collins Clouis E. Lay Luther Chambers Floyd Collins Elery A. Lay Dana A. Lay
1950 Korean War & After
Amon L. Lay Roy P. Lay Jay Lay Thomas C. Lay (T.C.) C.R. Lay R.D. Chambers Roy Collins Geraldine J. Marcum Andre Sharkey Lay Benny C. Lay James William Yaden
1964 Vietnam War & After
Clifford Collins Kenneth Collins James Chambers Estel B. Byrd Earnest C. Byrd
2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom
Donald
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Erected by Master Sergeant Clouis E. Lay and Wife Josephine M.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 24.464′ N, 84° 31.881′ W. Memorial is in Huntsville, Tennessee, in Scott County. It is on Scott High Drive east of Old Brimstone Rd, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the Museum of Scott County. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 Scott High Drive, Huntsville TN 37756, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee and in the Cumberland Plateau. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in 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 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: Divided Loyalties (here, next to this marker); Prohibition (a few steps from this marker); USS Tennessee Memorial (a few steps from this marker); USS Tennessee Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring Scott County's American Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 2.3 miles away); Independent State of Scott (approx. 2.3 miles away); Col. Joseph S. Cecil (approx. 2.3 miles away); Scott County Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 12, 2025
2. Rock House Creek Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
