

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)