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Introduction World War II Veterans of Grundy County, TN
By David Patton
July 2016
We have long been fascinated by military history and especially that of World
War II. It was the last war that saw the American people truly united and
carried through to total victory before the indifference of Korea and the
fragmenting of American resolve in Vietnam.
In 1995, after working on the Grundy County Post for ten years or so, we
suggested to publisher Y.B. Ashby that he publish a special edition in
September to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II
with the emphasis on Grundy County’s role.
Being a WWII veteran himself, Mr. Ashby was eager to do so, and I
immediately began gathering photos and information and served as the
countywide coordinator. What resulted was a once in a lifetime publication
that was the most comprehensive account of Grundy County’s war effort and
has been microfilmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives so that
future generations will have a reference point on this subject.
The premise was simple: people from across Grundy County gathered names
of anyone who had ever lived in Grundy County and served in World War II,
whether they were lifelong residents of just lived here briefly. Then we broke
the list down into categories. Those still living in Grundy County in September
1995, those living elsewhere, and, sadly, those who were deceased 50 years
after the war ended.
Our efforts to preserve the World War II history of Grundy County continues
as we keep our list updated daily. In 2005, in conjunction with the 60th
anniversary of the end of World War II, we wrote a year - long series of articles
about the veterans of Grundy County for The Cumberland View, beginning
with Obid Marion “Soap” McNabb of Palmer and ending with Y.B. Ashby of
Gruetli-Laager. Mrs. Janelle Taylor of Pelham was of invaluable assistance
on the series and her help is gratefully acknowledged.
Also in conjunction with this effort, on Veterans’ Day 2005, Mrs. Taylor and
Willene Campbell published a list of Grundy County veterans who died in
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military service during World War II. This detailed history brought to light
many unknown facts and circumstances about the sacrifices of these men 60
years after the war ended and is the best work ever done on this aspect of
Grundy County’s World War II history. It appeared in The Cumberland View
and Grundy County Herald, and all of us owe them a big “thank you” for all
their hard work and perseverance.
If you have any connection to Grundy County, it would be almost impossible
not to find the name of an ancestor or acquaintance as you peruse this list. We
hope you appreciate what they did so that you can live in freedom all these
years later and that you will teach your children and grandchildren respect for
all veterans and what our wonderful U.S.A. stands for. If so, our years of work
promoting patriotism in Grundy County will have been worthwhile.
Guide to Using This List
When this list was originally compiled in 1995 we tried to make it relevant to
where the veterans were living at that time. For example, Joe Willard Fults
grew up in Palmer and went in the Navy there, but in 1995, he was living in
Coalmont, so we put him in that town’s listing. The United States became a
mobile society after WWII, and many Grundy County veterans of the war
went “up north” for new opportunities and never lived again in their old
hometowns.
In the “Living Elsewhere” category on the list, if the veteran was living
outside of Grundy County, we tried to put them in the town where they grew
up if that information was available.
So, if you don’t find a name on the list where you think, just keep looking. It
should be somewhere on the list as we’ve tried to make it as complete as
possible. Of course, as with any human endeavor, it’s not perfect, so please
forgive any mistakes we have made.
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World War II Veterans of Grundy County TN as of July 2014
Altamont
(Living Here)
Rollins, Dolph
Rollins, Thomas
Whitman, Clay
Whitman, Hoyt
(Living Elsewhere)
Butner, James Edward
Fitch, Lee
Fults, James
Fults, Hugh Willard
Hiett, William
Hobbs, Leslie
McGinnis, Hazel
Rollings, Paul
Smith, LeRoy
(Deceased)
Anderson, Joe
Barrett, Ethridge L.
Barrett, James T. “Pete”
Bess, Harvey
Camp, Lloyd Eugene
Campbell, Charlie Frances
Campbell, Stanley Edward , Sr.
Childers, Gordon Edwin
Clark, Donald L., Sr.
Dickerson, Ted
Dickerson, Melton
Doss, Leonard
Durham, Lowell James (Dr.)
Edmister, Art
Evans, John Ernest
Fatheree, James B.
Fitch, William Harris
Foster, Donald Leon
Fults, Carl
Fults, Chester Lawrence
Fults, Elmer
Fults, Horace McDonald "Mack"
Fults, Kermit R.
Fults, Marjorie Gardner
Givens, Pascal
Goodman, Jesse R.
Griswold, Byron Eugene
Griswold, Walter
Hampton, J.C.
Hiett, Wallace Samuel, Sr.
Hobbs, Carl H.
Hobbs, Grady Earl
Hobbs, Walter J.
King, Herschel Coy
Knight, Jack
Lockhart, Charles Benton “Kink”
Lockhart, George Allen” Bunk”
Lusk, Edwin
McAmis, Clyde James “Red”
McBride, Roy Lee
McGinnis, Claymon
McGinnis, George
McGinnis, Gordon
McGinnis, Ray
McGinnis, W.H.
McKenzie, Estel Guthrie
Northcutt, Lyte W.
Nunley, Charles
Nunley, Frank H. “Red”
Page, John
Pierce, Fred Aubrey
Reichel, Alvin S., Jr.
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Rhea, Lincoln
Rhea, Raymond
Roberts, Herschel Lee
Scruggs, Florence Rollings
Scruggs, Thomas B.
Smartt, Hoover
Smartt, Leonard
Smartt, Lloyd
Smartt, Vester
Smith, Charles Dr.
Smith, Eston
Smith, Vaughn Wilson
Smith, Vernie
Smith, Veston
Steele, Donald Paul, Sr.
Stone, B.L.
Tate, John Robert
Tate, Milard
Turner, Robert Eston
Woodlee, Glenn
Weir, Thomas J.
Beersheba Springs
(Living Here)
Hill, Marcus, Jr.
Killian, John Casey
King, Fernando
(Living Elsewhere)
Bohr, John
Brown, Sam
Gibbs, J.C.
Hill, Mary Elizabeth
Tate, Bennie M.
Tate, David Eugene
(Deceased)
Adams, Alfred Thompson
Bean, Jerry
Bean, James
Bouldin, Jim
Brown, Clarence, Jr.
Brown, Lillard
Brown, Marvin Leon
Brown, Marvin, Stanley
Brown, Wayland
Campbell, James Clifford
Childers, Richard H.
Childers, Thomas Edward, Jr.
Coppinger, C. Newell
Coppinger, Joe
Eubanks, Raymond Carl, Sr
Green, Walter
Gross, Leonard Floyd
Hill, Ira Wayman
Hill, Richard H.
Hobbs, Homes J.
Hobbs, James G.
Hunerwadel, Robert A.
Huntley, Edward Brown “Bud”
Killian, Glyn F. (Rev.)
King, Creed
King, Frank
King, Fred
King, Leonard
King, Wilson
McCarver, David
McGee, G.W.
McGee, J.C.
Melton, J.B.
Morgan, Charles
Norris, Arwin Eugene
Nunley, Willie B.
Pease, Claudie Lee
Petersen, Marjorie Hill
Richardson, Jessie H.
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Roberts, James Corbet
Slaughter, Hugh Willard
Smartt, Loren L.
Smith, Frank W.
Sullivan, Horace
Tate, Hershel,
Tate, Hubert C.
Tate, Joe B.
Tate, Leonard
Thompson, Elmer Cline
Walker, Leonard Parker
Walker, Morris J.
Walker, Robert M.
Walker, Sidney White, Sr.
(Status unknown)
Roberts, Carl
Roberts, Tom J.
Coalmont
(Living Here)
Campbell, Allen E.
Childers, Golan
Erickson, Roger
Fults, Joe Willard
(Living Elsewhere)
Bean, Howard
Brown, Jewell
Curtis, James D.
Fletcher, Layden
Jones, Joseph “Joby”
King, William Howard
Lappin, Herman
Sanders, Paul
Sanders, Wayne
Smith, Harrison L. “Buster”
Sweeton, Charles Edward
Sweeton, Grady
Sweeton, Leonard
Winton, Jamie
(Deceased)
Adams, Melvin
Anderson, Charles W.
Anderson, James Alton
Anderson, Lewis Howard
Argo, Carl
Bean, William
Boggs, Charles W.
Bone, Victor
Brown, Clarence
Brown, J. Rock
Brown, James W.
Brown, Leon
Brown, Phelix
Brown, Robert M.
Burnett, David
Burnett, Edward Melvin
Burnett, Gene
Burnett, Hershel
Burnett, Nelson
Burrows, Malcolm E. “Mack”
Cagle, James
Campbell, Charles Jacob
Campbell, Clyde Henson “Bill”
Campbell, Lawrence “Doc”
Campbell, Lillard
Campbell, Pete
Campbell, Tobe, Jr.
Childers, Louie
Childers, Raymond Lawson “Zeke”
Childers, Richard Hardee
Collier, Roscoe I.
Creighteon, Robert M.
Curtis, Arthur Roy
Curtis, John Edward
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Dahl, Walter
Dyer, Jammie A.
Dyer, Samuel
Franklin, Quentin T.
Fredrick, Henry Raymond
Gholston, Isaac William
Gipson, William Douglas “Doug”
Hall, John
Hartsell, Scott A., Jr.
Hobbs, Bonner Revis
Hobbs, Carl Edward
Hobbs, Robert Earl
Hoes, Martha Margaret
Hollingsworth, Lewis W.
Hollingsworth, Roy N.
Holt, Paul A.
Irvin, Carl David “Copie”
Irvin, Freeman S.
Irvin, Paul William
Johnson, Frank
Johnson, Luther Bryan
Jones, Eugene Bryan
Jones, Joby
Jones, John W. ,Sr.
King, Charles L.
Kunkle, Charles F.
Lappin, Ralph M., Sr.
Lee, Raymond Allen
Leker, Harold Herman
Lohmann, Melvin L.
Mancuso, Paul
McKnight, Ronald L.
Meadows, Charles Edward
Meadows, William M.
Meeks, Claude
Meeks, Frank
Meeks, Henry Floyd
Meeks, Hoyt D.
Meeks, Horace D.
Meeks, Martin Lester
Meeks, Pascal
Meeks, Thomas Earl
Meeks, Vance
Morgan, J.T.
Morrison, Henry Isom
Mullican, Grady R.
Myers, Leonard
Newsome, Meredith
Newsome, Wiley
Northcutt, Durward Vernon “D.V.”
Northcutt, S.H. “Hallis”
Nunley, Charles William “C.W.”
Nunley, Clarence Edward
Nunley, Claude
Nunley, James
Nunley, Phillip Douglas
Parmley, Carl Everett
Parsons, Johnny
Partin, T.G.
Phipps, Bobbie E.
Phipps, Mark Ernest
Phipps, Paul D.
Rhea, Edgar
Rhea, John Jr.
Ross, Albert Larry
Ross, Herbert Conway
Sanders, Carl Grover
Sanders, H.D. “Mutt”
Sanders, Ralph
Scott, John L.
Shrum, Mose
Smith, James Alford
Sweeten, Cedrick W. “Ted”
Stotts, Sam L.
Sweeten, James A. “Jaybird”
Sweeton, Byron
Tate, Clifford
Tate, Ernest Pascal
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Trombulak, Rudolph
Winton, Wayne
Young, Henry
Status Unknown
George Conry
Collins River
(Living Here)
(Living Elsewhere)
Roberts, Homer
Savage, Osborne
(Deceased)
Barker, Henry, Jr.
Barnes, Sherman
Brown, Eston
Creighton, Arthur R.
Creighton, James Lillard “Perch”
Creighton, Leonard Martin “Boss”
Dykes, James Clayton
Hobbs, Lloyd Byron
Killian, James
Killian, John Sewell “Jack”
Killian, R.J.
Lusk, Arnie, Jr.
McBride, Roy Lee
Nunley, Corbet
Nunley, Wallace
Patrick, Jesse
Patrick, John McCoy
Perry, Elmer Richard
Scott, Clarence
Scott, Clifford
Smartt, George Sidney
Tate, Glenn
Tate, Jasper Joe
Tate, Leslie
Wanamaker, Carl Speegle
Wanamaker, Floyd Preston
Wanamaker, Glen
Wanamaker, Rodman
Wanamaker, W. Farris
Wanamaker, Woodrow
Wimberly, Chester
Wimberly, Edgar
Wimberly, Oscar, Jr.
(Status Unknown)
Clendenen, Obie
Hobbs, Vernell
Killian, Jim Houston
Hughes, Herbert
Hobbs, Lloyd Byron
McBride, Roy Lee
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Gruetli-Laager
(Living Here)
Burnett, Ralph
Coffelt, Marvin Lee “Leck”
Cunningham, Howard Shirley
Myers, Leonard
(Living Elsewhere)
Birdwell, Nelson
Birdwell, T.B.
Brown, James Leo
Hargis, Carl David
Mainord, Elmer
Sims, Earl
(Deceased)
Ashby, Y.B.
Birdwell, Mose E.
Bivens, Marshall O.
Borne, Earl W.
Borne, Howard Charles “Teed”
Borne, Leonard Melvin “Snood”
Bouldin, Leander Charles
Bouldin, Wade Crawford
Braden, Harley
Bradford, Columbus Boyd
Brown, Delbert
Brown, Harry
Brown, Oscar
Burnett, Walter R. (Rev.)
Burroughs, Joe E.
Byers, Samuel J.D.
Caldwell, Charles Thomas “Chick”
Caldwell, Chester F. “Chet”
Caldwell, James
Caldwell, Lester Lee
Caldwell, Luther F.
Caldwell, Virgil Wilkinson
Coffelt, Louie H. “Luke”
Connell, Earl Stanley
Coppinger, Jack Preston
Crutchfield, Scott M.
Cunningham, Carl Raymond “Todd”
Goodman, Mildred Bouldin
Green, Clyde E.
Green, James F., Sr.
Grimes, Hershel W.
Grimes, James Edward
Grooms, David Leon “Snooks”, Sr
Grooms, John Leonard
Hargis, Carl William
Hargis, Carmen Alton
Hargis, Clayton Ray
Hargis, Hubert
Hargis, James H.
Hargis, Ray Arnold
Henderson, Floyd Lee
Hooten, Roy H.
Johnson, Eugene
Johnson, Hammon V.
Johnson, Vernon E.
Kelley, James R.
Kilgore, Herbert Elmer “Red”
King, Charles Ray
King, Elzie M.
King, Fred
Kirk, Charles E. “Buddy”
Knight, Horace E. “Gid”
Knight, Raymond “Babe”
Layne, Andrew Rev.
Layne, Bradford
Layne, J. Hugh “Jay”, Jr.
Leitsinger, William Henry
Lesser, John J., Sr.
Long, James Edward Lamar “Jim”
Long, Sherwood Loxsley
Meckisis, John Edward, Sr.
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Meeks, Dorsey “Satch”
Meeks, Elmer Lee
Meeks, Hollis Melton
Meeks, Norman W., Sr.
Myers, Carl
Newsome, Albert W. “Pap”
Nunley, Monroe H.
Nussbaum, Edmund F.
Olgiati, P.R. “Rudy”
Parson, Ernest Earl
Payne, Jessie Willard
Pickett, Clint
Pickett, Jack Lloyd
Pickett, Norman W.
Pyborn, John Calvin, JR.
Rankin, Murphy David
Reagan, Clyde
Ricketts, Herbert Martin
Roberts, Ernest
Robinson, Matthew J. “Squirrel”
Sanders, Charles Eugene
Sanders, Jay W.
Sanders, Lecil Roy
Sanders, Willie Carl
Sartain, Alton Lee
Schild, Hildegard Koehn
Schild, John A. “Johnny”
Schlageter, Charles
Schlageter, Glenn
Scholer, John E.
Sissom, Clarence E.
Stampfli, Fritz
Stampfli, Henry
Stampfli, Jacob
Stewart, Harvey
Stotts, J.D.
Stotts, L.D.
Suter, Carl W.
Suter, Jacob
Tate, Harley S.
Thompson, Frank
Totherow, James E.
Totherow, William C. “Bill”
Troxler, G.W.
Turner, Homer L., Sr.
Weaver, William Bedford
White, Charles David
Williams, Donald C.
Williams, James E.
Wise, Lyndall B.
Wooten, Andy
Wooten, Elzie H. “Puny”
Wooten, James E.
Yokley, Claude L.
Monteagle and Summerfield
(Living Here)
Gipson, Charles J.
Gross, Carl W.
Marlow, Edward Brian
Thomas, Carlton
Thomas, Robert C. “Goob”
Williams, Charles
(Living Else Where)
Colston, Robert W.
Conry, William Buford
French, John W.
Hill, H.E. “Skip”
Layne, Alex Benson
Norman, Paul Benson
O’Neal, Chester
Richmond, Glenn Homer
Rollins, Mansel
Smith, James Shirley “Jim”
Smith, Marvin
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Speegle, Bruce L.
Yates, Cecil
Yates, James Charles “Nook”
(Deceased)
Adams, Edward, Jr.
Adams, Francis E.
Adams, Gordon
Alexander, Lloyd W.
Alexander, William R. “Bud”
Anderson, Hollis
Aylor, E.W. “Pedro”
Bailey, Fred
Bennett, Crawford D. “Pat”
Bennett, Ford W.
Bennett, George
Bennett, George David
Bennett, James W.
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, William D.
Berry, George W. “Red”, Sr.
Bezold, Howard
Brannan, Bernice
Butner, James Edward
Byers, Claud E.
Byers, William “Bill”
Campbell, Alfred
Campbell, Alfred
Campbell, John W.
Campbell, William Allen
Cantrell, Eugene B.
Colston, George M.
Condra, George Vincent
Condra, John Douglas
Conry, Carl E
Conry, Willie Buford
Corn, James J.
Cox, Francis M. “Gudge”
Custer, Charles Brantley
Custer, George Alton
Custer, John Gordon
Davis, Elmer
Dickerson, Howard
Duncan, Kelly Edward
Duncan, Robert Alfred
Eldridge, William
Fitzgerald, Oscar Penn, Jr.
Flook, Robert
Gipson, Alfred Preston “Pete”
Gipson, Charles (Charlie) Junior
Gipson, William Jackson “Jack”
Gregory, Edward Lee “Buddy”
Gregory, James Collis
Gregory, Oliver Charles “O.C.”
Gregory, Robert L. “Digger”
Gregory, Samuel Kingley
Guest, Harlan “Pete”
Guest, Martin, Jr.
Harris, Homer P.
Hassler, Glenn E.
Hopwood, George
Ingle, Garland
Jernigan, Oran Lee
Johnson, George T.
Johnson, James G.
Kennedy, Frederick W., Jr.
Kiessling, Edward Henry, Jr.
King, Benson
King, Oland
King, Percy Glenn
Knott, Charles Douglas
Kraft, Ralph Glenn
Ladd, George Kenneth
Landers, Henry F. “Hank”
Lappin, Delbert Earl
Ladd, John Henry
Lawson, Robert L.
Lay, Doyle Dean
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Layne, Bonnie
Layne, Cleveland J.
Layne, Clyde
Layne, Ford Ray
Lee, Ernest
Lester, James P. (Dr.)
Long, Anthony J. “A.J.”
Long, James
Long, Kenneth
Long, Reno
Lowe, William F.
Mabee, Oliver
Mallard, Hershel
Malone, Jesse Leon
Mankin, Henry Hall
Marlowe, Joseph David
Marlowe, Lemuel B.
Marlowe, William C.
McEldery, Fred
McFarland, Edward Lee
McFarland, James Mitchell
McFarland, James B. “J.B.”
McFarland, R.C.
McFarland, William “Bill”
McFarland, William Cecil
Meeks, Earl Homer
Meeks, George M.
Meeks, Kenneth Franklin “Bill”
Mercer, Elsie Mae
Metcalfe, Cecil
Metcalfe, Harry E.
Metcalfe, Robert M.
Moon, Ellis
Moore, Arthur Thurman
Mullins, Chester A. “Moon”
Norwood, Cullen
Norwood, Lloyd
O’Dear, George
O’Dear, Kense
O’Neal, Glenn A.
Owens, W.G.
Pack, Clarence
Pack, Elbert
Pack, Ernest
Pack, Jesse Earl
Pack, Roy
Parks, Horace G.
Parks, Paul Fred
Parks, Pauline
Partin, Samuel Kennerly
Perry, Cecil
Perry, Morgan
Pirtle, Alvin Thomas
Pirtle, Zelma H.
Pratt, James Edward
Pressley, Harold
Pressley, James
Rathburn, Isaac B.
Rathburn, Marshall
Respess, William R. (Dr.)
Richmond, Alfred Baxter, Sr.
Richmond, Ralph
Ricketts, Joseph Easkrine
Rollins, Edward Bud “Slow Poke”
Rollins, George
Rollins, James Benjamin
Rollins, Jessie J.
Rollins, Thomas
Rollins, William Alvin “Bill”
Rollins, William Henry
Rusin, Michael
Sampley, Charles Wilburn
Sampley, Oliver Evans
Sampley, William John
Sanders, Melvin
Sanders, Willie E. “Bill”
Sargent, James Lappins
Sargent, Samuel Edward
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Schaerer, Clarence Raymond
Schaerer, Walter Eugene
Scott, Charles A.
Scott, Charles E., Sr.
Scruggs, Carrington
Sitz, Harry S.
Smith, Ed, Jr.
Smith, Grapple Lamont
Smith, Hoyt
Smith, J.D.
Smith, James David
Smith, John Everett
Smith, Mary Elizabeth
Smith, William Bryan
Smith, William Douglas “Bill”
Starr, Stanley
Stewart, Ellis Cameron “Cam”
Sweatt, Sherman Grey
Taylor, T. Franklin
Thomas, Charles Clifton
Thomas, Edwin P.
Thomas, Ernest, Jr.
Thomas, George Carmon “G.C.”
Thomas, Clifford George
Thomas, Glenn Carmack
Thomas Harvey D.
Thomas, James Alfred
Thomas, James Richard, Sr.
Thomas, Melvin Douglas
Thomas, Robert W. “Frosty”
Thompson, Cecil Dallas
Trussell, Clyde
Trussell, J.C.
Tucker, G.W.
Tucker, Holland
Tucker, Spencer Eugene
Turner, Douglas W.
Wagnon, James Bertram, Sr.
Wallace, Iva O.
Westerfield, Charles
Westerfield, Ed
White, Stewart
Williams, Manley
Wooten, Dorothy
Yates, Walter Leon
Yokley, Harmon “Red”
Palmer, Tatesville & Barker’s
Cove
(Living Here)
O'Neal, J.D.
(Living Elsewhere)
Finch, Calvin
Holman, T.V.
Knight, Harold
Moneyheffer, Katherine
Overturf, James “Jim”
Partin, James Bobo
Sanders, Everett
Savage, James C. “Jim”
Sitz, Lewis
Stockwell, John, Jr.
Tate, Durad
(Deceased)
Adams, Henry Ford
Anderson, Alvin Charles
Anthony, Buford Estel
Barker, Nathan
Birdwell, Gilbert
Barnes, Frederick Jackson “Jack”
Boyd, David Lonzo
Braden, Isaac N.
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Brewer, Ernest Grady
Brewer, James Echerd
Brewer, John Alex
Brewer, Wade
Britton, Charles Elliot
Britton, Gilliam, Jr.
Brooks, Charles Eugene
Brooks, Paul Edward
Brown, Douglas Ray
Brown, Noah John
Bryant, Allen Leo
Bush, William Miller “Bill”
Cannon, A.C. “Pete”
Cannon, George D.
Cannon, Horace
Cannon, Howard
Cleek, Charles Clayton
Coffelt, Daniel
Coffelt, Vee Arthur
Coffelt, Wiley W. “Whitt”
Cox, Howard
Cox, John Harden
Creighton, Earl Franklin
Crabtree, Bruce K.
Crisp, Herschel Ray
Cunningham, George “Mutt”
Curtis, Paul W.
Darnell, Miriam C. “Kay”
Davis, Elmer “Doe”
Disheroon, Sebe Edward
Dishroon, William “Wet Duck”
Dorsey, James William
Duggan, James Alvin
Dykes, Robert J.
Finch, Willy Francis “Bill”
Flynn, Carl Michael
Fondren, Bervin C.
Frizzell, Ewing
Geary, Alvin Henry “Oats”
Geary, Charles Eritt
Geary, Edward Freelan “Plib”
Geary, James Carl
Geary, Robert Malcolm
Golston, James E. “Did”
Golston, Tommy
Gipson, Harold
Gipson, Hollis
Gipson, James
Gipson, Joe, Jr.-
Green, Everett H.
Green, Howard
Green, Jesse F. “Peck”
Green, John W. “Toodlum”
Green, Perus Alden (P.A), Jr.
Griswold, Lee Douglas
Grooms, Clyde W.
Grooms, Howard
Grooms, James Paul
Hamblin, Wilton Perry
Hammers, Hubert T.
Hardbarger, Samuel D., Jr.
Harris, Billy Gates
Harris, Cecil E.
Harris, J.B.
Henry, James B.
Hobbs, Barney
Hobbs, Isham J.
Hobbs, Willie Francis “Bill”
Hornbuckle, Charles D.
Huling, Walter, Dr.
Ingram, Joe Mason
Jackson, Dave Franklin
James, Albert R.
James, Charles Edward, Sr.
James, Frank E.
Johnson, Clarence E.
Johnson, Herschel L.
Kilgore, Clyde
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Kilgore, Rufus, Jr.
King, James Lowrie
King, Thomas Preston “Jude”
King, Tommy F. Sr.
King, Wiley Ray
Lankford, Vachie Martin
Laymon, Albert James “Ab”
Layne, Chester Edward
Layne, Coleman Franklin
Layne, Willie D. “Cap”
Levan, Charles Oscar, Jr.
Levan, James Andy
Levan, Martin E., Jr.
Levan, Robert Walker
Lewis, Charles “Frog”
Lockhart, Elder
London, Jack, Sr.
Long, Charles
Long, Stanley “Shorty”
Long, Theodore Lindley “Ted”
Long, William “Bill”
Magouirk, Ira
McGovern, Charles E. “Whitey”
McGovern, James Alton
McGovern, Paul
McNabb, Obid Marion “Soap”
Meeks, Alvin Houston
Meeks, Buford E.
Meeks, Charles E. “Bud”
Meeks, James
Merciers, Jim
Mitchell, Delbert
Mitchell, Kelsey H.
Moneyheffer, Paul E.
Moore, James Horace, Jr.
Morrison, Arnold “Rooster”
Morrison, James K. “Doodle”
Morrison, Luther “Douge”
Nolan, Alfred D. “Buddy”
Nunley, Clarence Howard, Jr.
Nunley, Ralph Bonnell
O’Neal, J.D.
Overturf, Clifton
Overturf, Garner
Overturn, Glyn Edward
Overturf, Howard
Overturf, Roy
Overturf, Vernon Houston
Owens, James “Jimmy”
Partin, Barney, Jr
Partin, John W. “Bill”
Partin, William Jackson “Jack”
Patton, Thomas Stanley “Tom”
Patton, Hampton Edward “J.R.
Price, Elbert Willis
Roberts, Eugene
Roberts, Henry Dillard
Ross, George David
Ross, Hobart Douglas “Doug”
Ross, James H.
Rust, A. G.
Sanders, Cecil
Sanders, Harley Earnest, Jr.
Sanders, Leo E. “Buck”
Sanders, Paul E. “Bill”
Sanders, Ryndal “Bootcher”
Savage, Nelmon Otis
Shadrick, Chester W.
Shrum, James, Jr.
Shrum, John Douglas, Sr.
Scissom, J.C. “Tommy”
Sissom, Robert Howard “Dillinger”
Smith, Rowland Earl
Stinnett, Ewen, Jr.
Stockwell, Charles Howard
Stockwell, Robert Byron
Tate, Billy Holt
Tate, Horace L.
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Tate, Preston Lee “Granny Lee”
Tate, William Ford
Turner, Ernest E.
Turner, John Robert
Turner, Robert D.
Turner, William Robert
Turner, Willous Barton “Dub”
Walker, James Earl
Weaver, Ralph Kenneth
White, Grady Louis
White, Howard
White, James Fred
White, Otis Bryan
White, Ovid
Wideman, Howard F.
Worley, James Elton
Worley, Osbin “Obb”
Zeallear, James “Jim”
Civilian Workers at Pearl
Harbor during the War (all
deceased)
Cagle, Berton
Cagle, Eston
King, Walter
King, Bessie Partin
Tracy City
(Living Here)
Carrick, Merriman
Crisp, Carl W.
Curtis, Herschel D.
Dykes, Carl
McGee, Gladys
Myers, John Kenneth
(Living Elsewhere)
Adams, Richard
Anderson, Jimmy
Brazile, Leon
Bryant, Willis
Carrick, Lawrence
Griswold, John V.
Harris, Robert
Henderson, Scott Joseph “Pete”
Henley, Bob
Henley, Roy
Johnson, James
Keel, Raymond
Langley, Hiram G., Jr.
Medley, A.J.
Payne, James E.
Schild, Lewis
Stafford, Ernest E.
Thomas, Roy Edward
Thomas, William E.
Turner, Lloyd
Van Hoosier, Eugene
Williams, Charles
( Deceased)
Adams, Dewey
Adamz, Alfonso Constantine, Jr.
Aebi, Russell Norman
Anderson, Alvin Charles
Anderson, Claude Edward
Anderson, Sam W.
Arbuckle, Alfred E.
Arbuckle, Murry Allen
Baggenstoss, Albert Emile
Baggenstoss, Charles W.
Baggenstoss, Fred C. “Fritz”
Baggenstoss, Herman
Baggenstoss, Robert W.
Bell, James F., Sr.
Bowen, Henry
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Bowen, John W.
Bowen, Sam
Brazile, James
Brookman, Marshall
Brown, Edwin Littleton
Brown, Lindsey L.
Brown, Malone
Brown, Malone
Brown, Milburn
Brown, Ray Merle
Brown, Tillman
Bryant, Elmer Jackson (Rev.)
Bryant, Everett
Bryant, Homer W.
Bryant, J.C.
Bryant, Ponder
Byers, James E.
Byers, Stanley
Cagle, James
Cagle, Paul A.
Caldwell, Charles E.
Caldwell, Marion Stanley, Jr.
Campbell, Alvin
Campbell, Ernest Edwin “Pib”
Campbell, Melvin Grady
Campbell, Stanley
Cannon, Charles Randal “Rance”
Cannon, Ross Edward
Cantrell, Buford V.
Carrick, Glen A.
Carrick, Henry
Carrick, Thomas “Did”
Charles, Joe Edd
Cheek, James
Childers, Lewis O.
Clark, Johnnie Ray
Cleek, William K., Sr.
Cline, Horace Edward
Coppinger, Albert
Crabtree, Bruce K.
Creighton, Willie Morgan “Tom”
Crisp, Clarence
Crisp, William Allen
Cunningham, Cecil Wade
Cunningham, Earl W.
Cunningham, Kennerly
Curtis, Paul W.
Dent, Charles Alfred
Disheroon, George
Disheroon, James Everett
Disheroon, John Wilson
Disheroon, Sammy
Dyer, Ralph E.
Dykes, Calvin
Etter, James Edwin “Buddy”
Etter, Robert
Flanagan, John D. “Johnny
Flury, Henry Stoker
Flury, Joe Edward
Foster, Robert Hill, Sr.
Frederick, Ed Fairley
Fultz, James “Shorty”
Fultz, Thomas Edward
Gardner, Charles Edwin
Garner, Grace Marie “Skip”
Garner, Oscar L.
Geary, Carl Thomas
Geary, Charles Everett
Geary, Johnnie
Geary, Ned C., Sr.
Geary, Raymond Earl, Sr.
Geary, William Robert, Jr.
Geary, Willie Hayes
Gibbs, Homer J.
Gibbs, Nelson
Gibson, Robert Kelly
Goodman, Lude Carroll
Goodman, Olice H., Jr.
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Gorman, John Dennis
Griswold, David Winfred
Griswold, John Vernon
Gross, Edgar Hembree “Bud”
Gross, Robert Edwin “Bob”
Gross, Victor Floyd
Grubbs, Jesse William “Bill”
Hale, Frances Aubrey
Hall, Henry H. “Ace”
Hamblin, Wilton Perry
Hampton, Bruce A.
Hampton, Glenn, Sr.
Hargis, Carl Hobart
Hargis, Howard
Harris, Ben E.W. III
Harris, Bonnell Ernest
Harris, George
Harris, Leonard
Hassler, Clark
Heck, William Oscar
Henley, Carl Wilson
Henley, Daniel Edward
Henley, Eugene
Henley, James Melbourne
Henley, Louis Campbell
Henley, Samuel Kenneth
Hunziker, Arthur
Hunziker, E.J., Jr.
Hunziker, Louis Edward
Hutcheson, Melvin
Johnson, Charles H. “Chick”
Johnson, Herman L.
Johnson, Marvin
Jones, Lavon
Jordan, Monroe “Buffalo”
Jossi, William Lecil
Kilby, John Edward
Kildgore, Charles
Kilgore, Farris Franklin
Kilgore, Harley E.
Kilgore, Joe Everett, Sr.
Kilgore, Robert M.
Kilgore, Thomas
Kilgore, Virgil Benjamin
King, James
King, Thomas “Buddy Red”
Kirk, Tom Ed
Kunz, Herman
Langley, Hiram G., Jr.
Lawson, Henry
Lawson, Perry H.
Layne, Ernest Howard
Layne, Homer Lewis, Sr.
Layne, Robert
Ledbetter, Dewey K.
Leek, Willie Green
Levan, James Alton, Sr.
Linton, Lester James, Sr.
Locke, Carl “Red”
Lockhart, Andrew Jackson, II
Lockhart, John Andrew
Lynch, Earl Myers
Marler, James Paschal
Martin, R.D.
Matthews, Felix Grundy
McCanless, Willie Earl
McGovern, Eugene Malcolm
McNeeley, Norman Robert
Meeks, Alfred
Meeks, Carl W.
Meeks, Ned
Meeks, Thomas Jeff
Meeks, Vester
Meeks, Virgil
Meeks, W.L. “Dub”
Myers, Bill
Myers, Charlie D.
Newsome, Charles A.
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Newsome, Quandrell Lee “Buck”
Newton, Edward L. “Bud”
Nunley, Charles E.
Nunley, Ernest
Nunley, Harry H.
Nunley, Isaac N.
Nunley, Raymond “Bud”
Nunley, William Grady
Nunley, Wilson
Oliver, Alfred
Oliver, James L. “Red”
Oliver, James Lewis
O’Neal, William Perry, Sr.
Parmley, William G. “Bo”
Parson, Ed
Parson, Gloy A. “Pete”
Parson, Harvey
Parson, James Thean
Parson, Lee A.
Parson, Tommie Howard
Parsons, Isaac Wilmer
Partin, Bobby Edwin
Partin, Charles H. “Ted”
Patrick, Elmer Frank – POW
Patterson, Pat
Pattie, James E.
Pattie, Robert G. "Bud"
Paulk, Luther Melvin
Payne, Earl Edward “Dickie”
Perry, George W.
Perry, James William “Bones”
Petty, Hillard “Pewt”
Pirtle, J.C.
Powell, Richard
Price, Jim
Price, Joseph Herman
Price, Roy
Price, Samuel Erman
Roberts, Arthur
Roberts, C.B.
Roberts, Mankin
Robertson, William E.
Roddy, Burge Sims, Jr.
Ross, Ernest E.
Sanders, Charles Mitchell
Sanders, James A. “Jim”
Sanders, L.C. “Nick”
Sanders, Marvin Clinton
Saynes, James E.
Schaerer, Hershel E.
Schaerer, Sam Henry
Schulze, Herman
Scott, Walter
Sewell, Joe R.
Shadrick, Cecil
Shadrick, Theodore
Sharkey, William Lawrence, Rev.
Shelton, Edward
Shelton, William Howard
Shelton, William “Billy” Moore
Shook, Alan C. “Juke”
Shook, James Newman
Shrum, Carl McDonald
Sitz, Carl Wilson
Sitz, George W., Jr.
Sitz, Perry Stone
Sitz, Randell
Smith, Carl S.
Smith, Henry Douglas
Smith, Hayden
Smith, Noah
Smith, Raymond Edward
Speegle, James Alfred
Stockwell, Samuel David
Street, James E.
Street, Paul
Summers, Henry Douglas
Summers, Winford Lewis
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Tate, Jewel Angus
Tate, Joyce
Thomas, Carl Douglas, Sr.
Thomas, Oscar Lee
Thompson, George
Thompson, Samuel David
Thorpe, Edwin Austin
Tigue, Dorothy
Tigue, John
Tipton, Hayes “Dickie”
Turner, Joe Lloyd
Van Hoosier, J.B.
Van Hoosier, Rance
Van Hoosier, Robert H.
Van Hoosier, Sam, Jr.
Walker, Zeddie
Warren, H.B.
Welch, Vernon
Wiggins, William Curry “Bill”
Williams, Gene
Williams, Herbert J.
Woodlee, James Edward “Jimmie”
Worley, Charles
Worley, James W.
Worley, John Ershel
Worley, Owen C. “Hoot”
Worley, Paul Denver
Worley, William Oscar
Wright, George Edward
Wright, James Howard
Yarber, James O.
Zonge, Harry
Tracy City
(Status Unknown)
Arbuckle, Jasper William
Bouldin, Charles E.
Bowen, Henry
Boyd, Graham D.
Brown, C.J. “Buster”
Cleek, Robert M.
England, Mini Sartain
Goins, Haskell
Hoover, George Everett
Hoover, William Herbert
Kilby, Carl H., Jr.
Lasater, James R.
Quintrell, Earl Wilson
Roddy, Louis Wilson
Tabor, Tom
Thronesberry, Elra Steed
Williams, Charles H.
Civilian Workers at Pearl
Harbor during the War
Henley, Hubert Earl “Buck”
Pelham Valley
(Living Here)
Curtis, William R. “Bill”
Goodman, James Ralph
(Living Elsewhere)
Cox, Raymond
Guinn, William
Oliver, A.C., Jr.
Phipps, Billy
Reid, Frank Edd
(Deceased)
Awtrey, Palmer S.
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Aylor, James Earl
Bailey, Frank
Bean, Owen
Bennett, Edd
Bonner, Glenn Earl
Bonner, James Ralph
Bowden, Charles Upton “Chup”
Brothers, Robert “Bob”
Buckner, Benjamin E. “Bill”
Burnett, Leburn Hoyt “L.H.”
Burnett, Wilson
Carden, Billy Abbott
Clark, Martin B.
Clark, Riley Leroy
Clark, Raleigh
Clark, Raleigh
Clay, Ernest Lee
Conry, Billy H.
Conry, Mike Emmett
Cox, James
Cox, R.B.
Crabtree, Hershel
Crouch, James
Crouch, Joe
Crouch, Robert L. “Bob”, Jr.
Davidson, Johnny
Davidson, Martin Elbert
Echols, Gene
Evans, Alfred
Gallagher, Benton Clay
Gallagher, John Paul
Gallagher, Joseph Clark
Gilliam, Cordell
Gilliam, Edgar
Gilliam, Peter Turney
Givens, Hershel Owen
Givens, Howard Leon
Goodman, James H.
Guinn, Harlan
Gunn, Billy R. “Bill Jack”
Gunn, James Edgar
Hamby, Arley
Hamilton, Edward “Flat”
Hawk, D.C.
Henley, Billy Sam
Henley, Dan
Henley, Escoe B.
Hill, Estle Douglas
Hill, Luther
Hines, Raymond G.
Holder, H. Edward “Edd”
Kennedy, Walter
Laxson, Charlie Walter
Layne, Joseph Elbert “Ebb”
Levan, Kenneth C. “Kenny”
Linde, Knud W. Col.
Magouirk, Lois Alton
Medley, Henry
Medley, Lee W. (Rev.)
Medley, Oscar
Medley, Willard
Meeks, Alvin
Meeks, Bill
Meeks, Blanton
Moore, Silas A. “Tom”
Moran, Frank P.
Mottern, Jack
Myers, Carl David
Northcutt, George Stanley
Nunley, Felix Webster
Nunley, Carroll
Nunley, James C.
Nunley, Led
Nunley, Leo William
Nunley, Silas “Polly”
Oliver, A.C., Sr.
Oliver, George
Oliver, Robert “Rob”
WWII Veterans - July 2016
Parks, Glenn
Parks, Robert Payne “Bob”
Partin, Raymond P.
Partin, Taylor
Patterson, Dillon
Patterson, Warner
Patton, Eugene “Dick”
Patton, George Vernon
Patton, James David
Patton, Joseph
Patton, Tom William
Payne, Ernest
Payne, James Cecil
Phipps, Henry
Reid, Sam C.
Reider, Albert
Reider, Dave
Roberts, Finley
Roberts, Lewis
Rogers, Joe Harley
Rutledge, Walter
Sanders, Wayne Stanley
Sartain, Frank
Sartain, Lewie “Red”
Sartain, Mark
Sartain, Ray
Scott, Lewis Earl
Shelton, Waitstal Wayne
Sherrill, Alf
Smartt, Tom
Smith, George Alex
Smith, James Elmer
Smith, Raymond Leroy
Taylor, Bill
Thomas, George Washington
Trussell, Hudson
Trussell, Wendell
Tucker, Edward
Tucker, Kenneth
Tucker, Marshall
Tucker, Wilson James
White, Henry Alton
Wilson, Benny Dale
Wilson, Carden
Wilson, Pascal
Wilson, Wayne Kenneth
Winton, A.C.
Winton, James Frank
Winton, Marshal C. “Mike”
Winton, Paul David
Woodlee, Frank C.
Worley, Roy Lee
Footnotes
We believe this list of names and
information will be invaluable to
researchers in the years ahead.
Defense Workers in WWII
The war brought many women into
the work force outside the home and
also some men unfit for military
service went “up north” and “out
west”. Other contributed in the
construction of Oak Ridge.
For work in giant factories making
planes, tanks, etc. Mrs. James
(Nell) Brown of Gruetli-Laager was
one of those as were 5 women from
Collins River that including Ester &
Isabel Scruggs and Sade Hobbs.
Elsie Payne Layne & Helena Smith
worked at Camp Forrest in
Tullahoma during the war
WWII Veterans - July 2016
War Brides of WWII
Elsie Williams of Wales married
Robert Dykes of Palmer, and she
still lives in Palmer. Lois Alton
Magouirk married Martha New of
England. Lewis Sitz of Palmer also
married an English woman. Lewis
is still living in Colorado, but she
has passed away. A Westerfield of
Monteagle married a French
Woman.