The Titus County Veterans Memorial is located in downtown Mt. Pleasant on the southwest corner of the Courthouse Square.  The Veterans Memorial is constructed of four large, highly-polished black granite panels engraved with white lettering.  A contrasting red granite Texas state outline with a black dot marking Titus County spans the two center panels.

The Memorial was erected by community effort in memory of Titus County veterans of all military branches who gave their lives in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.  It was dedicated on Monday, May 8, 2006.
Left Panel:

This Veterans' Memorial is dedicated to honor the memory of  those Titus County men and women who gave "that last full measure of devotion" in defense of our country and the sons and daughters of Titus County who have served and continue to serve in the armed forces of the United States of America.

Contributions for this project came from school children, veterans, businesses, and countless citizens in a broad-based community-wide effort.  They joined hands and hearts so the names of these honored dead should not be forgotten in this county.

The County Commissioners Court has generously provided the location for this memorial as well as funds for its foundation and landscaping.  The City of Mount Pleasant contributed significant funding so this memorial could be completed.

Members of Post 3986 of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jessup-Reed Post of the American Legion, and Bun Lilly Post of Disabled American Veterans served on the committee that raised the funds and oversaw the design and construction of this memorial.

Left-Center Panel:

Titus County Veterans
Who gave their lives for the United States

WORLD WAR I

Earle Adkins, Sam Barber, John H. Buford, John Burkes, Buford Causey, Charles J. Cloar, J.C. Coker, Earle Duncan, Vasker Elliott, Paul H. Hamilton, Al Bland Jessup, Orvin D. Keith, Joe Phillips, Aquila Goodwell Smith, William W. Smith, Thomas C. Trew, Arch C. Warren, Emmet M. Woodard

KOREAN WAR
Elmer Riley Daffer, L.C. Miller, Clifton D. Newman, L.D. Summerlin

VIETNAM WAR
Charley Holton Collier, Jimmy Leon Hockaday, Calvin Lee, Harold Loyd McNeil, Jerry Don Patton, Otis Turner

Right-Center Panel:
WORLD WAR II
William J. Alexander, James W. Allen, Robert L. Arnold, Gladis Belcher, Johnie C. Blalock, William H. Bishop, Edgar E. Boone, Sam H. Brown, T.B. Brown, William Arthur Burton, R.D. Cloar, James T. Comer, William E. Crabb, Jesse L. Crump, Curtis L. Culver, Edmond Truett Franklin, Doyce E. Fry, L.C. Giddings, Isaac Gray, John F. Greene, Billy Bob Groce, J.B. Guess, Daniel P. Harvey, Nolan D. Harwell, Clyde J. Hayden, James H. Hollingsworth, Leonard E. Holmes, Vernon C. Hoeton, Billy Ralph Horton, William W. Huckebea, Vivian Jackson, Julian F. Johnston, Clarence E. Jones, Robert Lee Kidwell, James R. Kimberlin, Carlton P. Lee, Deward Marshall, Clifford T. Martin, Joseph E. McCollum, William D. McCollum, Tennison L. Miller, Howard Daniel Moore, Everett R. Newman, Orville E. Oliver, James H. Owsley, Sam H. Pate, Herbert G. Perkins, James B. Reed, Harmon A. Rhea, Charles D. Rogers, James J. Rogers, Jason B. Russ, James H. Sellers, Alford T. Shrout, John C. Smith, Ludie K. Smyth, Warren L. Sorber, W.E. Stotts, Melvin J. Traylor, Ralph M. Walker, William Paty Walton, John Thomas Watts, Weldon W. Weaver, William W. White, Bart Wiggington, Grady Wilbanks, Bill Jeff Williams, Bill J. Wilmurth, Arthur P. Wood

Right Panel:
"Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends."
                                                 - John 15:13
NOTE: These photos were taken September 17, 2006.  Flags were half-mast due to the death of former Texas governor Ann Richards.
The back of the Veterans' Memorial is inscribed as follows:

Left-Center Panel:

Emblems of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Coast Guard

Right-Center Panel:

Your son has paid a soldier's debt.
He only lived but till he was a man,
The which no sooner had his prowess confirm'd
In the unshrinking station where he fought
But like a man he died.
                                                                   -Shakespeare

The Titus County Veteran's Memorial
Robert & Mary Turner's A Glimpse of Titus County, Texas History
 
SEE ALSO:  The Titus County Veterans' Flag Project
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