Chambers County AlArchives News.....Remembering the fallen of WWII May 31 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ron Williams hopewellroad@yahoo.com July 18, 2004, 9:42 pm Valley Times News: Past Times Remembering the fallen of WWII Three thousand five hundred fifteen men and women of the Valley served in World War II. Of those, seventy two men from the Valley gave their lives. This weekend the World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC. The memorial features 56 granite pillars, each 17 feet high and representing the states, territories of that time, and the District of Columbia, and two arches more than twice that height–Atlantic and Pacific–symbolizing the two theaters of the war. A wall with 4,000 gold stars commemorates the more than 400,000 Americans killed in the war. "These were modest sons of a peaceful country," said President Bush. "They gave the best of their lives to the greatest mission their country ever accepted." The men from the Valley who gave their lives to preserve the freedom that we enjoy today are, according the book, The Valley in World War II, listed below: Thomas Alford, Langdale, son of Mr. & Mrs. Clarence E. Alford; Louie C. Backstrom, Lanett, son of John and Nora Backstrom; Wilma M. Bassett, Langdale, son of Monroe and Annie Bassett; Raymond J. Bence, Lanett, son of James and Elizabeth Bence, husband of Hazel F. Bence; Ulysses H. Bishop, Lanett, son of Ulysses and Alverta Bishop; Cloyd M. Brown, Lanett, son of L. W. And Annie Brown, husband of Sarah Floyd Brown, and father of Gerald Brown. William Brown, Alex City, son of R.M. and Frances Brown; Cecil C. Butler, Shawmutt\Lanett, son of Lonnie and Elizabeth Butler; David E. Butler, Lanett, son of Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Butler; Ralph W. Carver, Lanett, son of Robert and Susie Carver; Floyd Cheatham, Fairfax, son of Fred and Martha Bray Cheatham; Robert L. Crowder, Fairfax, son of Otis and Opal Moore Crowder; Charles W. Davis, Lanett, son of Mr. & Mrs. L.T. Davis; Jesse B. Davis, Lanett, son of Stephen and Rippie Davis; Wallace L. Davis, Lanett, son of Cliff and Ray Davis, husband of Louise Gilpper Davis; William DeLee, Lanett, husband of Beula DeLee. Hugh B. Disharoon, Shawmut, son of Mrs. Martha and the late Dr. H. B. Disharoon, husband of Virginia Evans, and father of Martha Helen and Virginia; Elmer B. Freeman, Jr., Fairfax, son of E.B. and Pearl Walker Freeman, husband of Ruth Coggins Freeman; Marvin G. Gilmore, Lanett, son of M.Z. and Cora Gilmore, husband of Mary Gilmore, father of Ronnie Gilmore; Ben L. Greene, Lanett, son of Thomas and Leila Greene; James H. Gresham, Fairfax, son of James and Josephine Hale Gresham; Ellis Hawkins, Jr., Fairfax, son of Ellis and Gertrude Williams Hawkins, husband of Geneva Reese Hawkins, father of Gwendoline Penelope Hawkins. John H. Hayes, Shawmut, son of Oliver and Mabel Hayes; Robert A. Heard, Lanett, son of Stell and Laney Heard, husband of Mary Smallwood Heard, and father of Jo Ann; James J. Hunt, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. V.D. Hunt, husband of Helen L. Hunt, and father of James M. Hunt; James S. Johnson, Shawmut, son of Tommie and Mary Lou Johnson; James Y. Jones, Jr., Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. James Y. Jones, Sr.; William T. Kirby, Lanett, son of John S. and Bertha Kirby; John H. Langley, Lanett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Langley; Ceral J. Looser, son of Mr. And Mrs. Edgar J. Looser; Garland T. Manley, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. S.O. Manley, his wife, and father of Garland Jr., and Miriam. Thomas B. Mathews, Lanett, son of Thomas and Bessie Mathews; Dave Meadows, Lanett\Lafayette, son of Primas and Millie Meadows, husband of Odessa Meadows; Carlton W. Moore, Lanett, son of Winston and Ella Moore; John T. Morgan, Fairfax, son of Ben and Lila Greenwood Morgan, husband of Johnnie Neal Morgan; Elmo L. McGinty, Riverview, Mr. And Mrs. Basil B. McGinty, husband of Catheryn, father of Jeanette and Maxine; Lamar McWhorter, Langdale, son of W.W. and Arrie McWhorter; Hoyt D. Neal, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. J.W. Neal; Jack Nealey, Langdale, son of Ethan and Eula Nealy; Robert J. Newton, Langdale, son of Mr. And Mrs. W. C. Newton; William B. Osborne, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. Boser Osborne; Robert M. Overby, Fairfax, son of George and Effie Sherman Overby, husband of Lonnie Tomlinson Overby. George Pace, Fairfax, son of Lucius and Mattie Harris Pace; Charlie W. Parker, Fairfax, son of Monroe and Sallie Benton Parker, husband of Tommy Strong Parker; Dan Parkman, Langdale, son of W.H. and Stella Parkman; Larkus A. Perters, Langdale, son of Mr. And Mrs. I..E. Peters; James A. Potts, Lanett, nephew of Florence Jackson; Henry O. Prather, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. Henry N. Prather; Charlie M. Price, Shawmut, son of Jordan M. And Mary Price; William T. Redmond, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. Pervin Redmond; John T. Shockley, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. Allen Shockley, husband of Mary Will Shockley, and father of Jimmie Shockley; Arnold J. Sims, Lanett, son of Rich and Flora Sims, husband of Doris Byeis Simms. Thomas E. Simms, Lafayette, son of Floyd and Annie Simms; Charles A. Smith, Langdale, son of Sam and Addie Mae Smith; William L. Sorrell, Lanett, son of Forney and the late, Mrs. Sorrell, husband of Frances Golden Sorrell; Marvin E. Stafford, Fairfax, son of Clarence and Annie Thrpwer Stafford; Charles E. Strother, Shawmut, son of Mrs. I.D. and the late Mr. Strother; Bishop w. Terrell, Lanett, son of mr. And Mrs. George Terrell. John D. Terry, Shawmut, son of William H. And Lillian Terry; Crawford M. Tidwell, Lanett, son of James and Mittie Tidwell; Herbert L. Walker, Langdale, son of Olin and Beulah Walker; Milford G. Ward, Lanett, son of Mrs. Mary P. Ward and the late Mr. Ward; Herman L. Waters, Langdale, son of Flecther L. And Minnie Waters; Robert L. West, Fairfax, son of M. B. And Mary Kent West, husband of Betty Sheets West; Julius E. Whitley, Fairfax, son of J.R. and Fannie Mitchell Whitley; William P. Whitlow, Shawmut, son of Mrs. Ola May Whitlow; Willie W. Wilkerson, Lanett, son of Mr. And Mrs. Willie W. Wilkerson, Sr.; Larue O. Williams, Riverview, son of W.O. and Mattie Williams; Willie C. Williams, Fairfax\Riverview, son of Willie and Alda Bennett Williams, husband of Alma Rochelle Williams; Fred M. Yarbrough, Lanett, son of Solon and Emilie Yarbrough. "These men were the boys we couldn’t realize had grown up," wrote one. "It doesn’t seem more than a summer or so ago that they were fishing in the river, playing baseball in the parks, or camping at Pine Mountain. How many Christmases ago was it that they glowed with the pride of a new bicycle? They sat with us on the pew at church and they worked by our sides in the mills or in the store. These men were a part of the Valley and its people. For the seventy-two families that they left, for all of us who knew them, they will remain in our memories a part of the Valley." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/chambers/newspapers/gnw85remember.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb