South Carolina, Marion County, Marion
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(Front):
“To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.”
1917 ~ 1918
Gave their lives: Brown, Fernie E.; Grainger, Ernest M.; Holden, Stephen; Lane, William F.; Martin, Walter W.; Sloan, Hayes; Smith, David E.; Turner, Leon L.; Yarborough, George H.; Crawford, Marion H.; Hucks, George H.; Rogers, Melvin C.; Monroe, David E.; Anderson, Jesse; Brown, Henry L.; Edwards, Clarence D.; Elliott, William H.; Harrell, Quince E.; Johnson, Gee; Jolly, Bert; Love, Richard T.; Monroe, John T.; Rogers, Berry T.; Shelley, Elly G.; Strickland, Hugh; Williamson, Perry J.; Williamson, Charlie W.
Erected by Marion City Schools 1927
(Reverse):
1917 ~ 1918
Gave Their Lives Colored: Boatwright, Major; Crawford, Richard L.; Elliott, Robert; Floyd, Daniel M.; Franklin, John; Godbold, Sylvester; Godfrey, Willie; Gordon, Will; Hayes, Gordon; Livingston, Samuel; Marcus, Dave; Mayham, Edward; Nichols, Ornie; Woodberry, Joseph L.
(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
(Front):“To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.”
1917 ~ 1918
Gave their lives: Brown, Fernie E.; Grainger, Ernest M.; Holden, Stephen; Lane, William F.; Martin, Walter W.; Sloan, Hayes; Smith, David E.; Turner, Leon L.; Yarborough, George H.; Crawford, Marion H.; Hucks, George H.; Rogers, Melvin C.; Monroe, David E.; Anderson, Jesse; Brown, Henry L.; Edwards, Clarence D.; Elliott, William H.; Harrell, Quince E.; Johnson, Gee; Jolly, Bert; Love, Richard T.; Monroe, John T.; Rogers, Berry T.; Shelley, Elly G.; Strickland, Hugh; Williamson, Perry J.; Williamson, Charlie W.
Erected by Marion City Schools 1927
(Reverse):
1917 ~ 1918
Gave Their Lives Colored: Boatwright, Major; Crawford, Richard L.; Elliott, Robert; Floyd, Daniel M.; Franklin, John; Godbold, Sylvester; Godfrey, Willie; Gordon, Will; Hayes, Gordon; Livingston, Samuel; Marcus, Dave; Mayham, Edward; Nichols, Ornie; Woodberry, Joseph L.
(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.