
“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” Billy Graham
Smyrna Baptist Church Veterans

Augustus Scott Avant
1st Sergeant
Co. B, 28th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
August 24, 1843 – May 21, 1918
Enlisted September 10, 1861 as a Private and was wounded at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 27, 1862. 1st Sergeant Avant was wounded two more time; Crampton’s Gap, Maryland on September 14, 1862, and Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862, He surrendered Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865

Joe F. Avant
World War II
1922 – July 8, 1951

Robert Lee “Bobby” Chambers
Private
United States Air Force
1950 – 1953, during the Korean War
September 8, 1931 – December 13, 2015

Edwin Rowell Corbett
Staff Sergeant
492nd Quartermaster Depot Co.
World War II
April 23, 1915 – January 4, 1958

John Rabun Giles
Staff Sergeant
United States Air Force
Korea
January 2nd, 1928 – July 28th, 1980

Lee Anderson Gladin
Private
Co. H, 49th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
December 9, 1845 – November 27, 1930

Raymond Thomas Hall Sr.
Corporal
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
United States Army
World War II
December 25, 1924 – January 24, 2017

Jimmy Lee Hanna
United States Air Force
Vietnam
August 20, 1945 – September 23, 2007

Milton Taylor Hart
Private
World War II
February 25, 1915 – October 7, 1973

William Milton “Billy” Hart
November 26, 1947 – December 10, 2022

Julian Andrew Lewis
Technical Sergeant
United States Army
Korea
April 26, 1927 – June 19, 1992

Lionel C. Lewis
Sergeant
329th Infantry Division
World War II
February 17, 1920 – July 5, 1944

William James Lewis
Technician 3rd Grade
United States Army
Bronze Medal Recipient
World War II
October 30, 1913 – October 6, 1972

Huby L. Norris
Private
Medical Department
World War I
June 16th, 1893 – April 22nd, 1958

Floyd Freeman Peeler
Private First Class
United States Army
World War II
April 20, 1923 – December 30, 2016

James Haywood Pittman
Private
Captain Howell’s Co. Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
December 18, 1843 – March 28, 1912
Enlisted May 10, 1862 in Sandersville.

W. H. Robinson
Confederate States of America

William Jefferson Swafford
Private
Co. A and Co. L 1st Ga. Regulars
Confederate States of America
October 8, 1839 – August 17, 1885

John L. Turner
Private
Co. B, 12th Battalion, GA Light Artillery
Confederate State of America
1825 – January 31, 1904
Enlisted December 17, 1862 in Sandersville as a Private and was assigned a cook.

B. Lamar Veal
Private First Class
13th General Hospital
World War II –
April 5, 1919 – December 6, 1954

J. H. Veal
Confederate States of America

Richard Dennis Veal Jr.
Lieutenant Colonel
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Vietnam – Retired
February 23, 1932 – December 19, 2017

William Edison Williams
Corporal
245th Signal Operations Company
United States Army
World War II
December 6, 1917 – April 3, 1958
