It is my understanding that Memorial Day is specifically a day for American soldiers who died while serving in the U.S. military services. Nevertheless, for Memorial Day we put flags on graves of all Veterans buried at Holleman Cemetery. Find-A-Grave lists 423 burials. (However, there are a number of unmarked/unknown burials.) Approximately 10% of the known burials are Veterans. We placed flags at the tombs of 44 Veterans. The oldest veteran is Josiah John Holleman who served in the War of 1812. I believe the youngest might be those who served in the Vietnam era, thought there may be some who served after that.
- W. M. “Punkin” Bane
- Hubbard Columbus Barlow
- Harold B. Blanton
- Al Leon “Goose” Chapman
- Clifford Lee Chapman
- William Maderson Chapman
- Colquitt “Buss” Clark
- Leon Clark
- James “Ernie” Forson
- Charles Elmer Fuller
- William M. Gardner
- Daniel Clyde Garrett
- Robert O. Goeth
- Gustave Hubbert “Gus” Ham
- Houston Edward Ham
- Oscar Lee Ham
- Audie Holleman
- Homer Leander Holleman
- Josiah John Holleman
- Josiah John “Joe” Holleman Jr.
- Moody Valentine Holleman
- William Benjamin “Ben” Holleman
- Michael Jerry “Mike” Johnson
- Lacy Allen Koonce
- Daniel Demp Mashburn
- Odis Mashburn
- Ray McGehee
- Herbert Parsons
- Elisha Byrd “Shaw” Pruitt
- Fritz Seligman
- Elmer James Shepard
- L. Beryl Shepard
- Victor Dewitt “Buster” Stephenson
- Calvin Coolidge Vaughn
- Charlie Leroy Vaughn
- John Junior Vaughn
- Thomas Steven Vaughn
- William Lewis Vaughn
- Jonathan E. Whitten
- Wesley Williams
- William Fred Woods
- Bill Moses Woolverton
- Jim David Woolverton
James Knox Polk “Jim” Scruggs is known to be buried somewhere in this cemetery, is a veteran, but his grave location is unknown. Elisha Pruitt does not have a marker, but is believed buried in the space beside his wife, where we place his flag.
Men from the community I know died in the War between the Northern and Southern states and are buried elsewhere are Jasper Edge, John Alexander Koonce, and maybe others.
Many believe that his being gassed in World War I was a contributing factor in the death of Homer L. Holleman.
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