Bulloch County honored fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023 at the Emma Kelly Theater. The 2023 ceremony began at 10:30 with music by 15 year old Issac Sherrod with the program beginning at 11:00 AM. The American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 coordinated the ceremony.
Refreshments were served prior to the ceremony by the Daughters of the American Revolution and lunch was provided by the American Legion members at the Dexter Allen Post after the ceremony. Joiner Anderson Funeral Home and Bulloch Memorial Gardens sponsors the annual program.
The program began with Captain Kenny Thomas, Sergeant Andy Nay and Corporal Aneshia Hill with the Bulloch County Sheriff's Department Honor Guard presenting the colors. American Legion Dexter Allen Post 90 member Gary Martin served as the Master of Ceremony.
The ceremony included the intoning of the names of all who have given their life for our county from or connected to Bulloch County.
Phil Crowley
Statesboro Native, Army and Vietnam veteran, Phil Crowley presented the keynote address. Phil has a website where he has chronicled his stories from Vietnam. You can CLICK HERE to visit his website.
Crowley shared how his experience in Vietnam had impacted him and so many others. Veterans that were lucky enough to survive have struggled with PTSD, guilt for surviving and cancer from Agent Orange exposure. He credits his wife, family and his great support system for helping him get through his darkest days.
One of the ways Crowley works to give back and support his fellow Vets is through the Statesboro Blues Chapter of the US Veterans Motorcycle Club. The club is made up of veterans throughout the country.
"Words cannot express what is in a Veterans heart. You can look into their eyes and sense the loneliness and pain," said Phil Crowley. "We must remember the lives lived, not the loss, to honor the fallen Veterans. Ceremonies like today are important to remember the fallen and to keep their memory alive. We have an obligation to never forget and to keep their legacy alive for future generations."
Wreathes Placed
Prior to the 11 AM Memorial Day service, Veterans also placed wreaths at the Veterans Memorial monuments located at Triangle Park, the Bulloch County Annex and Statesboro City Hall. They also placed flags on graves throughout the county.
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During the Memorial Day service the names of soldiers killed in action were intoned. Below is a list of all soldiers from Bulloch County or who were attached to and deployed from units in Bulloch County.
BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION
WORLD WAR 1
- Dexter Allen
- William Baker
- Brooks Beasley
- Lawson Bell
- Willie Brannen
- George Guy Burgess
- Ernest Cannon
- Carswell Deal
- Edwin DeLoach
- George Falagan
- Cephas Feelings
- Herbert Folsom
- Paul R. Groover
- Neal H. Hagan
- Jesse Lewis
- Clarence Lyons
- Blitch Parrish
- Solomon Raymond
- Thomas Raymond
- Walter Sanders
- John M. Sheffield
- Louis O. Stanford
- James Stewart
- Claude B Terry
- Homer Van Buren Warnock
- James W Wiliams
BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION
WORLD WAR 2
PACIFIC THEATER
- Albert Allen*
- James V. Anderson
- John D. Arnett
- Alfred C. Barnes *
- Inman Beasley
- John T. Box
- Dan C Branson, Jr.
- William H. Bryant
- John C. Bure, Jr. *
- Barney L. Chester *
- James O. Cooper
- Leroy Cowart Jr. *
- John F. Darley, Jr. *
- Pierce Darwin DeLoach*
- Kelley Bruce Dickerson*
- Clyde Thomas Dixon *
- Erastus Don Ellis
- Olice R. Evans
- James A. Futch, Jr.
- Bill M Gerald *
- Carl L. Gordy*
- Thomas Hendley
- James M. Hendrix
- F. Glen Hodges*
- Herman Lavonne Hodges
- William G. Holloway
- Arthur J. Howell *
- Charles Hunnicutt
- James Alvin Lanier
- Jemison B. Lynn
- Archie Redell Martin*
- Charles T. Martin*
- Leonard E. Mincey
- Carrol Minick*
- Cecil Morris
- Richard Newton
- George B. Newton
- George W. Olgesby
- Austin K Pennington
- Jackie (Jake) Pennington
- Ernest L. Poindexter, Jr.*
- Berton H. Ramsey, Jr.
- Troy R. Reddick
- Rupert D. Riggs, Jr. *
- Barney W. Shelnutt
- J. I. Shurling
- Erastus D. Sills
- Rufus A. Small
- Rufus B. Stephens
- Jack L. Suddath*
- Clifton Summerlin
- James Walter Swint
- Chares T. Thornton
- Cecil Turner
- Charles D. Wall
- Albert A Ward*
- William D. Ward
- Roland D. Warnock
- Floyd B. Waters
- Ellis F. Williams
- Jack B. White
- Hardy Talmadge Womack
- John Gilbert Woodward
- Frank R. Zetterower, Jr.
* Denotes Killed in Pacific
BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION KOREA
- Larry B. Akins SSGT Air Force…. 31 Jan, 1954 Died while missing
- David Chance PVT. Army…. 25 Aug, 1950 Killed in Action
- James A. Hunnicutt SGT Army…. 12 Dec, 1950 Died while captured
- Charles H. Lord, Jr. PVT Army…..02 Nov, 1950 Died while captured
- George D. Tillman PFC Army……15 April, 953 Killed in Action
- Thomas Crosby Army Killed in Action
BULLOCH VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION VIETNAM
- James R. Brannen
- Hubert F. Brinson
- Lenard Coleman
- Jessie W. Conner
- David L. DeLoach
- Luther M. Jones
- Michael T Rowe
BULLOCH COUNTY VETERANS KILLED IN ACTION IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN
- SPC MATTHEW GIBBS
- SPC CHARLES H. WARREN
- SSGT DENNIS P. MERCK
- SPC JERRY L. GANEY
- SGT BROCK H. CHAVERS
- SFC ISAAC L. JOHNSON
- CAPT. THOMAS LEE MOORE
- SSGT CHESTER McBRIDE, III
NOTES: Some of these men were stationed at or deployed from the local guard base so we include them on our list
