Houston in Chickasaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 6, 2016

1. Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated to the citizens
of Chickasaw County
who served our country
in peacetime and war
with honor
Dedicated to the memory of all boys of Chickasaw County who gave their lives in service to their country

World War I
John R. Brown • Moses A. Brown • Silas Coleman • Elliot O. Corley • John Cunningham • Jasper L. Davis • Richard C. Denton • Andrew Harris • Thomas J. Holliday • Thomas BF. Justice • William McConnell • Jacab S. Nabors • David M. Smith • Irving Taylor

World War II
Charles E. Allen • Thomas A. Alred • Herbert Armour • Benjamin A. Black • Garland D. Blanton • Edward Branham • John R. Carpenter • Earlie L. Corothers • Audie L. Carter • Preston D. Carter • A.C. Derrington • Charles A. Dunagin • Graham E. Golson • Zack C. Howard • William T. Herndon • Sherman Higginbotham • Earl D. Hill • Hubert B. House • Luther P. Jolly • Mark R. Jolly • John C. Kendall • Robert W. Kirby • Bunah R. Lancaster Jr • Ed Land • James H. McKenney • Marion L. McQuary • John R. Montgomery • John T. Moore • Curtis L. Nabors Sr • Jessie C. Nabors • Max L. Neal • Otha C. Ross • Durell Saxon • Jo. B. Sedberry III • William D.

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Sykes • Prim Thacker • Ray Vance • Oliver J. Volk • John L. Akins • Sam H. Smith • Clarence O. Pettit

Korean
James R. Armstrong • Charles M. Bevels • J.D. Davis Jr • Charles E. Hood • Thomas J. Hulsey Jr • Clarence E. Morgan • Wilma R. Neal • Raymond N. Reifer

Viet Nam
Leon V. Fox • Lucion Gilispie Jr • Harold D. Gore • Allen A. Griffin • Jimmy W. Hamby • Fred L. Hampton • James E. Hill • Johnny R. Holloway • Eugene Hunt • George M. Wall

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

Location. 33° 53.84′ N, 88° 59.998′ W. Memorial is in Houston, Mississippi, in Chickasaw County. It is at the intersection of N. Jackson Street and E. Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Jackson Street. Marker is located in the northwest corner of the grounds of the Chickasaw County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Houston MS 38851, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Black Prairie

and in the North Mississippi Hills.

List of WWI & WWII names on left side. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 25, 2017

2. List of WWI & WWII names on left side.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 walking distance of this marker: Natchez Trace Through Chickasaw County (within shouting distance of this marker); Chickasaw County CSA Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Pinson Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Carnegie Library (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Houston (about 500 feet away); Light Columns (approx. 0.2 miles away); 1927 Schoolhouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Booker "Bukka" White (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Houston.

WWII, Korea & Viet Nam names from right side. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 25, 2017

3. WWII, Korea & Viet Nam names from right side.

Memorial at Chickasaw County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 6, 2016

4. Memorial at Chickasaw County Courthouse

Memorial is on the west side of the courthouse grounds

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 22, 2020

5. Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 22, 2020

6. Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 616 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 8, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on September 30, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on September 8, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 5. submitted on August 27, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. 6. submitted on August 28, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.