“For the veteran, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do.” Unknown
Sisters Baptist Church Veterans
Doyle Eugene “Gene” Adams
United States Air Force
Korea
September 24, 1931 – June 23, 1995
Vincent Clark Amerson
Private
United Air Force
World War I
April 23, 1896 – January 18, 1983
Cleon Retus “Buddy” Andrews
United States Navy
World War II
March 6, 1920 – May 11, 1991
Jerry Retus Andrews
United Marine Corps
Vietnam
July 3, 1944 – December 9, 2020
Henry Clayton Beal Sr.
Private First Class
United States Marine Corps
World War II
October 7, 1926 – July 29, 2005
Lee Roy Brantley
Airman 2nd Class
United States Air Force
July 27, 1936 – March 1, 2017
Solomon Jonathan Brookins
Sergeant
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
September 25, 1920 – July 30, 2006
Franklin Rembert Brown
United States Army Reserves
November 7, 1933 – February 1, 2017
Molton Clinton “M.C.” Brown
Private
Auxiliary Realistic Military Training,
Office of Military Commissions
World War I
January 5, 1894, – May 8, 1935
Oscar D. Brown
Wagoner
121st Infantry, 31st Division
World War I
January 1, 1889 – June 10, 1949
Lea Landus Bruner
Corporal
United States Army
World War I
July 16, 1888 – November 29, 1955
Byron Carter
United States Army
October 9, 1933 – September 23, 2021
Elwood Lanier Carter
Corporal
United States Marine Corps
World War II
September 26, 1924 – October 27, 2006
Charlie Frank Cooper
Private
United States Army
Vietnam
January 20, 1949 – June 3, 1971
John W. Cooper
Private First Class
440th Armed Field Artillery Battalion
United States Army
World War II
September 25, 1915 – July 8, 1949
Elmer Cordry
United States Army
World War II
April 24, 1917 – June 15, 1991
Thomas Lamar Daniel
Corporal
United States Marine Corps
Korea
December 22, 1934 – January 3, 2012
Robert Ellington Davis Jr.
Georgia Army National Guard, 1954 – 1988
September 28, 1934 – April 26, 2000
John Newton Durden
Private
325th Infantry
United States Army
World War I –
June 11, 1892 – February 2, 1972
Varnie Hubert Ellington
United States Navy
World War II
March 6, 1923 – February 6, 2010
Fred Lamar Fields
Corporal
Paratrooper Instructor
United States Army
Korea
November 29, 1929 – July 22, 2006
William Oscar Frame
Private First Class
United States Army
Korea
October 31, 1928 – November 11, 2004
Cecil Edward Greenway
Staff Sergeant
United States Army
World War II
January 4, 1925 – May 30, 1998
Benjamin Frank Harris
Co. H, GA Cavalry
Enlisted in the 2nd GA Reserves in September 1863
Confederate States of America
December 20, 1847 – January 18, 1927
Charles Eli Ison
United States Army
World War II
July 2, 1920 – May 30, 1976
Roger Gamble Ivey Sr.
World War I
March 17, 1892 – March 3, 1975
Roger Gamble Ivey Jr.
Airman First Class
United States Air Force
Korea March 23, 1930 – February 21, 2012
William Allen Jackson
United States Navy
Korea
September 9, 1933 – August 23, 2001
Harvard Edward Jones
United States Army
December 17, 1932 – August 29, 2018
Julian Greene Jones
United States Army
World War II
November 19, 1925 – March 19, 1996
Lamar Silas Jones –
Specialist 4h Class
United States Army
Korea
August 9, 1937 – October 28, 2008
James William May
Seaman First Class
United States Navy
Served on the USS Naos
World War II
April 12, 1926 – January 21, 2007
John Benion “Bo Bo” May
United States Navy
Korea
December 12, 1931 – March 1, 2010
Leonard Fredrick May
United States Army
Korea
October 24, 1931 – December 10, 1998
Warren Harris May
United States Navy
World War II
April 13, 1930 – May 13, 1993
Lewis Heath Newsome
Private
157th Depot, 82nd Division
World War I
May 27, 1894 – November 9, 1918
Newsome died of cerebrospinal meningitis November 9, 1918 while serving France.
Seaborn J. Newsome
Private
Co. E, 12th Battalion, GA Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
March 1844 – May 7, 1917
Dr. Jerald Stephens Page
United States Army
Vietnam
September 13, 1948 – April 24, 1987
Luther Rembert Page
Technician 5th Class
United States Army
World War II
May 30, 1909 – February 13, 1984
Danny Ray Phillips
United States Marine Corps
January 16, 1952 – May 10, 1990
Robert Thomas Pound
Corporal
Co. H, 49th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
May 1, 1844
October 8, 1889
On March 4th, 1862, Pound became 1st Corporal. He surrendered at Appomattox Virginia, April 1865.
Roy Virgil Powell
Airman 2nd Class
United States Air Force
Korea
July 29, 1931 – January 12, 2012
James Benion Prosser
Private
United States Army
World War II
September 6, 1920 – January 28, 2001
Malcom Prosser
Private First Class
World War II
December 14, 1926 – May 6, 2002
George Washington Salter
Sergeant/Lieutenant
Co. B, 28th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
September 14, 1839 – April 16, 1920
Salter became a 4th Corporal September 10, 1861 and was then elected Jr. Lieutenant April 3, 1862. Salter was wounded at Richmond, Virginia in 1862 and returned and was elected 2nd Lieutenant September 5, 1863 and finally 1st Lieutenant February 11, 1864. He surrendered Greensboro, NC April 26, 1865
Rev. Patrick Henry Sheppard
Sergeant/Private
Co. H, 49th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
August 26, 1831 – November 9, 1901
Roy Elmer Shurling
Private
United States Army
World War II
September 23, 1897 – August 24, 1964
Steve Walter Shurling
Chief Petty Officer
United States Navy
Korea, Vietnam
August 8, 1933 – August 17, 2008
William Franklin Shurling
Co. H, 2nd Georgia State Line Infantry
Confederate States of America
May 4, 1827 – January 28, 1889
Shurling was wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek
Floyd Wales Smith Jr.
United States Army
World War II
August 15, 1922 – April 1, 1992
Cecil A. Tanner
Technician 5th Grade
United States Army
World War II
July 26, 1915 – January 25, 1976
Landric B. Tanner
United States Army
March 30, 1903 – January 2, 1966
Francis E. Tanner
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
January 18, 1915 – April 6, 1981
Steve Dock “Stevie” Tanner
Private
Co. C, 307 Infantry
Purple Heart Recipient
United States Army
World War I
October 12, 1890 – September 16, 1965
Twiggs Jackson Tanner Sr.
United States Air Force
World War II
February 21, 1921 – February 1, 2011
William Eugene Tanner
Private
Co. C, 5th GA Reserves
Confederate States of America
July 7, 1847 – January 24, 1917
William Vincent Tanner
Private
Co. E, 12th GA Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
May 23, 1829 – April 3, 1898
Tanner enlisted May 21, 1862 as a Private in Sandersville, and was captured at High Bridge, Farmville, Virginia April 6, 1865.
Willie Ray Tanner
World War II
September 19, 1921 – February 16, 1977
Charles Harvey Trussell Sr.
Private
Co. M 4, Casual Regiment
United States Army
World War I
July 27, 1892 – August 18, 1946
Charles Harvey Trussell Jr.
United States Army
World War II
September 19, 1922 – April 22, 2000
Charles Harvey Trussell III
Private
United States Marine Corps
Vietnam
March 20, 1949 – June 25, 2005
James Earl Trussell
Sergeant
Army Air Corps
World War II
December 18, 1923 – February 21, 2007
Recipient of four Bronze Stars
Olin T. Trussell
Private
Co. B, 26th Infantry
United States Army
World War I
May 2, 1895 – June 24, 1972
Roy Everett Trussell
Seaman First Class
United States Navy
World War II
June 23, 1926 – June 25, 1997
Jared Eason Whiddon
Private/Lieutenant
Co. A, 5th GA Reserves
Confederate States of America
April 30, 1845 – July 31, 1883
Ellis Wilford
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
June 16, 1921 – June 26, 2007