Sussex in Sussex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Sussex County War Memorial
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
1. Sussex County War Memorial (front)
Sussex County citizens
who gave their lives in
service to their country
1917 – 1958
World War I
William F. Chappell
John J. Ellis
George R. Evans
Richmond W. Holloway
Cassius P. Parsons
Harvey F. Tatum
Edwin F. Wrenn
World War II
Winston Brown
Thomas D. Carr
Elmer H. Council
John H. Daughtry
John M. Davis
Floyd A. Dunning
George L. Elliott
George R. England
Lawrence C. Gordon
Wesley E. Green
Charlie Harris
Theodore Harrison
Roy C. Harvey
Ernest Hill
John B. Hunnicutt
Frederick J. Landman
Charles R. Mason
Owen Pegram
George Perkins
Harold E. Raeford
Lewis J. Shanko
Charles M. Stephenson
Irvin E. Wilson
David Winfield
James M. Webb
Korean War
William R. Higgins
S. A. C.
Thomas N. Peebles
Donated by grateful
citizens of Sussex County
1964
(rear)
Our Vietnam War dead live forever in
Sussex Countys grateful memory
Sp. 4 John Alvin Johnson 1/31/66 Jarratt
Sgt. Walter C. Velvet, Jr. 3/02/68 Waverly
FA Willie Grady Whitmore, Jr. 8/21/68 Wakefield
Major
this page online
Pvt. Larry M. Mason 3/21/71 Waverly
Erected 1964 by Citizens of Sussex County.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 54.929′ N, 77° 16.785′ W. Memorial is in Sussex, Virginia, in Sussex County. It can be reached from the intersection of Courthouse Road and Thornton Square. This sundial war memorial is located on the front lawn of the Sussex County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 15080 Courthouse Road, Sussex VA 23884, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Coastal Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. 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 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sussex County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Sussex County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Hunting Quarter Baptist Church (approx. 4 miles away); The Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid (approx. 5.4 miles away); History At Stony Creek (approx. 6.6 miles away); Nottoway River Crossings (approx. 6.8 miles away); Jones Chapel Methodist Church (approx. 7.2 miles away); Antioch Baptist Church (approx. 7.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sussex.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Cattle (Beefsteak) Raid
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
2. Sussex County War Memorial (rear)
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
3. Sussex County Courthouse
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 974 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
