Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery – Remembering Our Heroes

“A Veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America,’ for an amount up to and including their life.” — Unknown

Bethany Baptist Church Veterans

John William “Billy” Askew

Private

United States Army

World War II

January 24, 1927 – February 26, 1978

John T. Brooks

Private First Class

28th Infantry

United States Army

World War II

September 3, 1921 – August 29, 1958

Robert R. “Romie” Browder

Private

United States Army

World War II

June 4, 1910 – February 23, 1974

Carroll William Deal

Lieutenant

Co. K, 360th Infantry

United States Army

World War I

January 5, 1895 – October 26, 1918

Carvey I. Deal

United States Army

World War II

September 10, 1914 – May 3, 1993

Caughey William Deal

United States Navy

World War II, Korea

December 15, 1919 – August 20, 1991

Claude L. Deal

Private

Co. C, 18th Infantry

United States Army

World War I

Killed in Action

March 7, 1896 – October 4, 1918

Fernando “Furney” Turner Deal

Private

Co. H, 28th GA Volunteer Infantry

Confederate States of America

1829 – December 14, 1862

Inman Deal

United States Army

World War I

May 6, 1889 – October 11, 1970

Mark E. Deal

United States Army

Served in North Africa and Italy

World War II

May 13, 1921 – December 28, 2011

Robert E. Deal

United States Army

World War I

October 5, 1898 – September 6, 1934

Wiley F. Deal

United States Army

World War II

July 9, 1908 – March 29, 2001

James W. Edwards

United States Army

World War II

January 6, 1919 – August 21, 1983

Joe T. Edwards

Private

United States Army

World War II

April 30, 1907 – September 3, 1962

Louis K. Edwards

Corporal

Co. B, 101st Signal Battalion

World War II

October 10, 1926 – September 26, 1955

Ben E. Everett Sr

United States Marine Corps

Vietnam

September 22, 1949 – February 4, 1999

Hansel Everett Sr.

Sergeant First Class

United States Army

Bronze Star and Air Commendation Medal Recipient

World War II, Korea, Vietnam

August 26, 1923 – June 23, 1973

Ernest E. Franklin

United States Army

World War II

August 23, 1914 – March 8, 1999

Elmer Gibson

United States Army

World War II

October 5, 1922 – May 23, 1980

Peter Griffall Jr.

Sergeant Major

United States Army

United States Navy

World War II, Korea, Vietnam

January 2, 1923 – December 8, 2007

Zachariah Taylor Hart

Private

Co. K, 5th GA Reserves

Confederate States of America September 18, 1847 – May 14, 1916

Charles E. Holt

United States Army

Korea

November 12, 1934 – December 9, 2004

Cecil Herman Joiner

United Army Air Force

World War II

November 23, 1921 – October 28, 1999

Judge Hines Joiner

United States Army

World War I

January 8, 1894 – February 21, 1892

Marvin Colquitt Joiner

United States Army

World War I

October 12, 1898 – May 22, 1971

Sylvanus Jasper Knight

Private

Co. B, 59th Regiment, GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

November 18, 1842 – July 1, 1917

Enlisted as a Private in Co. A, 2nd Regiment, 1st GA Brigade, GA State Troops on October 12, 1861. He mustered out in 1862 and enlisted as a private in Co. B, 59th Regiment, GA Infantry, May 8, 1862. He was wounded in his right thigh and permanently disabled.