The veterans’ wall at Troup County Government Center was designed to honor and remember all U.S. military veterans with ties to Troup County. That’s men and women, living and dead, from every branch of military service and every era of our history, including peace-time.

Toward that end, Tuesday’s Veterans Day services at the wall included the reading of names of 177 veterans with local connections who died within the past year. With respect, appreciation and pride, we share the names today:

Stanford Eugene Adams, Douglas O. Allen, James Daniel Andrews, Edward Francis Aubin, Huey G. Bailey, William James Baltes, Willie Bass Sr., Howard J. Bird Sr., Adalbert Newton Blanton, Bobby Bowen, Hammett L. Bowen, William G. (Bill) Bowen, Calvin Hooper Breed, Edwin D. Brooks, Harold Edwin Brown, Kenneth Eugene Burson;

Frank P. Campanale, Ward Manning Chewning Jr., Joseph Clark, Jimmie Ray Clegg Sr., William Roger Cliett, Akbert Cole, William Grant Cotton, Ronald Lee Cowman, Kell Cox Jr., Therrell C. Crawford, Randall Eugene Crews, Ruben Cutwright, Arthur Henry Daily, Amos Daniel, Thomas Alton Daniel Jr., Wilbur Jerome Day, Jone Debnam II, Douglas Mack Donald, Frank A. Dourrough, Dedrick Albert Duke, G. D. Driver, Heddie Woodville Duke, Wade Dunham;

Eric Ellis, Richard Levon Ellis, James Woodrow Evans, Richard Emerson Felder, Clayton P. Fetner, Charlie Eugene Fincher, Alfred Flowers, James Grady Flowers, William Lacey “Bill” Fowler, F. Julian Freeman, Thomas J. Freeman, William Worth Freeman, Charles T. Furgerson, Aaron Keith Haehn, Thomas Reginald Hale Sr., Jesse R. “Buddy” Haralson Jr., Delbert C. Harbison, Aaron Lee Harris Jr., George Harris, Hervey “Breezy” Harrison, Ronald Leon Hart, G. Bruce Head, Harry M. Healey, Sam H. Heard, John D. Herndon, Sid Hill, Willie “Will” Hill, Paisley Turner Hines Jr., Calvin L. Hogg, Ralph Hollis, Quillian Hornsby Jr., William Clarence Horton, Oren G. Hudson, Jeff A. Hunt Jr., William Peter Hyatt Sr.;

Shirley Immell, Bob Hoyt Jefferson, Robert Harris Jeffries Sr., James A. Jenkins, Jack Ellis Johnson, Bobbie Ray Jones, H.N. “Bill” Jones, Lawrence Billy Jones, Edwin Hope “Skeet” Keel, James Randall Kelley, Emory Earl Key, James Charlie Kindon, Frederick Wilbert Klein, Robert Laegeler, Jake Grant Land III, Donna Ray Lavaie, William Earl Lester, Ernest Dawson Leverett, Ernest Levett, Curtis Lindsey, Jimmie F. Loftin, Tommie Eugene Loveless Jr., John Michael Lund, William Ralph Lowery, Billy Fred McCain, Ronald Leonard Marsh, Vincent A. Martin, Claude Massey, Doyle Elton May, Robert Clifford Maze, Kinney Rogers McCord, Andy Ray McGill, Rockwell McLin, John Monroe Meade, Coleman Otis Meadows, Edith Ray Meek, Clarence Mitchell Mercer, Jesse Everett Middlebrooks, James Lamar Moore, Eugene T. Morman, Virgil Eugene Morris, Victor Morris;

Henry Roy Neal, Thomas Nelson, Harvard Norred, Lester Elliott Norris, Howard Paul Norton, Sherman Norwood, Kerry Eugene Owens, Charles Lee Parham, Roger A. Parham, George D. Parker, Homer C. Parker, Lillian Mavis Parkerson, Paul M. Patrick, Jack O’Neal Patterson, James Ralph Patterson, Dallas Adell Pearson, Arne Benton Phillips, Layman Ellis Powers Jr., Roderick W. Pruitt, George Lamar Reid, Bobby Dwayne Reid, Christian Rice, John Richardson, Edward Charles Riggins, Hugh Milton Roberts, Barnell “Barney” Roberts, Donald Rex Scott Sr., Douglas E. Short, Elmer Rufus Shelton, John Luke Shibley, James Thomas Smallwood, Russell Bruce Smiley Jr. M.D., Charles Alton Smith, Nick A. Smith, Duane Leroy Snowberger, Lloyd Orin Sprayberry, Corey Emmett Spates, Billy Storey, Howard David Sullivan;

Philip Grant Thompson, Byron Edward Tomlinson, James C. Traylor Sr., Reginald Voorhees, James Joseph “Sonny” Walls Jr., Terry Randall Ward, Anderson Ware III, Herman Watkins, James Fred Waugh Sr., James Ellis Welborn, Willis Paul Whatley, Stuart Lamar White, Darnell Lanier Whitley, Adrian E. Wilborn, William Morgan Wilks, Thelma Ruth Acomb Wilson, Richard W. Wolfe, Henry Thomas Woodyard III, Glenn D. Yates, Hiram William York, Milford Leon Young.