Anderson in Anderson County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Westview Cemetery World War Casualties Memorial

Westview Cemetery World War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 8, 2011

1. Westview Cemetery World War Memorial

Inscription. In Memory of World War Casualties

War No. I
Thomas Adjer
Scott Hill
Ollie Rutledge

War No. II
James Joyner
Johnnie M. Leroy
Frank Lewis
John M. McBride

Mayor
Richard A. Shirley

City Manager
John R. Moore, Jr.

Public Works Director
M. Anthony Norris

City Council Members
Beatrice R. Thompson
Thomas W. Dunaway III
James A. Stewart
Dennis H. McKee
Blake W. Williamson
A.B. Roberts
Phillip M. Cheney
Steven C. Sirvin

Cemetery Superintendent
Bobby Gene Timms, Jr.

Erected 2006.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 34° 29.433′ N, 82° 39.317′ W. Marker is in Anderson, South Carolina, in Anderson County. It can be reached from Sayre Street (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Anderson SC 29625, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Upstate

and in the Greater Greenville-Spartanburg Area.

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It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in 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 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Orr Mill Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); University Hill (approx. half a mile away); St. Paul's Baptist Church -- 1865 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Anderson Boys' High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); McDuffie High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of First African American High School in Anderson County (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cathcart-Schonauer House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dr. Samuel Marshall Orr House (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Greeley Institute (approx. ¾ mile away); Grace Episcopal Church (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Anderson.

Regarding Westview Cemetery World War Casualties Memorial. Began in the

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 8, 2011

2. Westview Cemetery World War Memorial

early 1900's as a municipal cemetery for African Americans, Westview is located on Sayre Street. There are approximately 4100 gravesites on 25 acres with plans for expansion. African Americans who figure prominently in Anderson's history are laid to rest there including W.I. Peek and Fred Jackson, who were mortuary business pioneers. (City Cemetery Endowment, Anderson, SC.)

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 8, 2011

3. Westview Cemetery World War Memorial

Westview Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 8, 2011

4. Westview Cemetery