Military Memorial

To a crowd of more than 250 alumni, family and friends the Military Memorial on the campus of Gordon State College was dedicated Saturday, April 18, 2015.

The Memorial, which celebrates the heritage of the College and its graduates, is located where North Barracks once stood, between Lambdin Hall and Hightower Library. It is visible from College Drive.

The Memorial contains a Wall of Honor with the names of alumni and faculty who lost their lives in service to the United States. The cannons, which have been a part of the Gordon landscape for decades, flank the eastern entrance, and a model of the old Lambdin Hall portico serves as the site’s western entrance. A flag, which will be continually illuminated, is at the center of the memorial.

Far into the future students, alumni and campus visitors will walk through the columned portico and read the names on the wall. They will know Gordon valued the sacrifice these students and faculty made. They will understand that Gordon’s history as an honor Army ROTC school is part of the heritage and foundation of the institution.

If you would like to make a contribution to help with the maintenance of the Memorial, contact the Advancement office at 678-359-5739.

To view the April 18 dedication visit: https://youtu.be/AfvkAzqzml8

The 350 who helped make the Military Memorial a reality:

Kike Seda (A-1 Postage Meters)
Gordon Military Survivors, Inc.
Peter Banks
LTC Joseph C. Boggs USA, Ret.
Thornton Burns
Rick Hahn
Zack Hinton
Charlie Christian
Jimmy & Kathryn Butler Matthews
Wayne Leverett
Keith Abernathy
Class of 1949
Rhonda Toon
Don Neuner
Tommy Torbert
Manchester C. Paget
Oliver G. Halle
Van R. Baker
Mary Ann Congleton Lewis
John D. Burnette
Charles H. Van Rysselberge
Goebel, Edmund and George Berry
Clinton Dale Melton
Margaret R. Melton
James E. Ethridge, Sr.
Jackie L. Daniel & Frances P. Daniel
COL William Michael Alexander, USA Ret.
Stonie B. Carter
Dick Tieken
Lewis Covin
Betty Smith Crawford
J. Henry Wisebram
John & Elizabeth Kelly
Angela & Alan Giles
Warren R. O'Brien
Bobby Lee Cook
Peter Boltz
James S.W. Harris
Laura Harris Harrison
James Philip Beamer, Jr.
Richard Noxon
Archie Ray
Jim & Janet Graham
Marcia Whittington Knight
Jennie Woodlee
Joe I. White, Jr.
George C. Bugg
John Boatwright
LTC Arthur C. 'Skip' Williams, Jr., US Army Ret.
F. Porter Caughman, III
Sue Conger Caughman
Tony Watts
Dr. Brenda Johnson
David L. Black
Bobby Wines
Charles F. Covin
Keith Predmore
Robert P. Melvin
Charles Henson
McKee Nunnally
Glen Mohler
Daniel G. Henderson
Monk Antonio
Ellen Middlebrooks Granum
John T. Middlebrooks, Jr.
John T. "Sonny" Middlebrooks, III
Randy & Lynn Wilson
Danny Abbott
High School Class of 1964
Robert Lovein
Ray & Margie Brinkley
William H. Mitchell III
Richard J. Baker
David N. Smith
Ray Bone
Howard Bush
Bob White
John & Maureen Webster
William F. Sanders
Gordon Mohler
J.C. & Bobbie Carol (Burousas) Waller
Jimmie & Bobbie Louise (Dorsey) Burousas, Sr.
Jonathan Hardwick
Jacolyn Bush Perrone
Neil & Jane Shelor
Glenn & Wanda (Webster) Hewitt
Capt. Daniel L. Rainey, USN Ret.
Rafael & Carol H. Valdivieso
Art Roberts
Dr. Alva G. 'Skeet' Burris
Ed & Karen Jacobs
Jim Russell
Art & Letetia (May) Mercier
Skip Seda
Floyd L.O. Davis, MD
Michael R. Hanville
Town of Aldora
Bill & Martha McKoy
Class of 1956
Gail Pennington Taylor
Joan Webster Fordham
Nancy Bush Shugart
Dr. Richard W. Schmude, Jr.
Nancy Jackson Thomas
SGM & Mrs. Robert H. Steele
Cyril Jean Liberty
Frank & Donna Abbott
Betty Gayle Lyles Wimpy
John W. Wise
The Peter Banks Family
High School Class of 1963
Richard & Fran Boggs
GSC Student Veterans Association
Frank H. Bone
David B. Haire, III
Thomas C. Bolton
Victoria Graves
SGM Richard S. Davis
Fredonia Congregational Methodist Church
Joe & Pat Edwards
Joseph P. "Joe" Bray
The Family of John R. Cook
James & Barbara Quick
Alfred Mercer Bush, Jr.
Clifford & Aline Alexander
George Fleming Moore & Janice Ball Moore
Ann Butler Harden & Jack C. Harden
The Family of 1st Sgt. Jesse D. Woodward
1LT John C. Boesch
LTC John C. Boesch, Jr.
LTC George R. Boesch
Jerry Beavers
Judge Jim Bodiford
Jan Greene
Lora & Max Burns
LTC John Watts
Steve Van Ostran
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Morse Graves
George McMath
Dan Andrews
LTC Ret. Charles Olson
Dee Bankston Kitchings
D. Edgar & Elizabeth Bush Sellers
Peyton H. Keaton, III
Daniel B. Toon
Courtney Toon McDaniel
GSC Staff Council 2014
Alan Porter Giles
Ira Bryan Giles, Jr
Patrick J. & Viki Maddox Brennan
High School Class of 1969
Charles C. Jensen
David W. Hinely
Russell B. Robertson
Danks Seel
LeGrand P. Hyde, III
Doc Mohler
Bobby Connally Bush

GORDON ALUMNI AND FACULTY GOLD STAR HEROES (*Faculty)

WORLD WAR I

1LT Tom Reed Beasley

2LT Joseph Spurgeon Brewster

1LT William Burke Coleman

SGT David Parker Hughes

PFC Frank Morton Hunt

1LT Percival Connally Jones

2LT Lewis Martin Killian

1LT James Rountree Kingery

2LT Joe Glenn Maddox

PVT Emmett Leon Martin

SGT Paul Bryans Minter

*CPT James Stanley Moore, Jr.

*1LT Charles Carter Riticor

PVT John Bryan Ryals, Jr.

1LT Kimsey L. Stewart

COL James Adrian Thomas, Jr.

PVT Marion Footman Wilson

SGT John Frederick Withoft

WORLD WAR II

SGT Wilfred M. Berry, Jr.

EM2 Thomas Hardeman Boggs

PVT Olin E. Crawford, Jr.

LTC John Dowdy

2LT Robert Guillebeau

1LT Ralph A. Hardee

PFC Robert Murry Harrell

2LT John Richard Johnston

T/SGT Orin D. Lashley

CPL Marion Eugene Matthews

1LT Harold Gordon Moore

2LT Jack T. Moore

2LT Douglas L. Murdock

CPT Saint E. Rickerson, Jr.

PVT Louis E. Sykes, Jr.

SSG Sam A. Smith

2LT William T. Summers, Jr.

1LT James Virgil Turner

PVT George T. Welch

1LT William Dawson Williams, Jr.

PVT Jesse Miller Wilson

SGT Mell Witcher

SGT Harold M. Wood

PVT Charles Cocroft Woodall

KOREAN WAR

MSG Jonathan L. Miller

1LT Marvin Pierce Owen, Jr.

PFC Richard Donald Piper

*LTC George B. Robinson

VIETNAM WAR

*CPT William Anderson Branch

SGT Milton Jackson Bush

*MAJ Roy Ellsworth Congleton

SPC Charles Michael Corry

SGT Arthur Blake Crews

WO Michael C. Dundas

1LT Donovan Lee Ewoldt

LC Carlton Harvey Hood

CPT Lawrence Curtis Hughes

CPT Fred Orr Jackson, Jr.

SPC Thomas John Sammon, III

SGT Thomas Richard Sieben

1LT Thomas Gary Sikes

PFC James Drewery Tyus, Jr.

*MAJ Gerard Michael Wynn

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

SSG Robert Lee Hollar, Jr. (Iraq)