DILLON COUNTY MEMORIAL DAY
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
Welcome by Dillon County Veterans of the Year Organization Commander Thom Thompson USAF Veteran.
Posting of Colors by Dillon High School Army JROTC. SAI Major Rodney Bunyan & AI SFC Randy Gray.
Invocation by Navy Lieutenant/Chaplain Jamie Arnette of Dillon First Baptist Church.
Keniah Owens – Dillon High School.
· Singing God Bless America & Singing the National Anthem (please join in the singing).
Pledge of Allegiance by: American Legion Post 32 Boys State Class of 2025 Delegate Ryan Carter.
Guest Speaker: Dillon Mayor Nicholas Tally McColl introduced by USAF Veteran Thom Thompson.
Reading of the Names of Dillon County Deceased Veterans. Army Veterans James E. Lockemy & Levern Hayes.
Note: Names provided by the Dillon County Veterans Affairs Office.
The names were:
DECEASED VETERANS 2024-2025
Composed by the Dillon County Veterans Affairs Office
MAY
Brandon K. Moultrie-US ARMY-5-4-2024
William Payton-US AIR FORICE 5-5-2024
Jerry Blum-US ARMY-5-10-2024
John W. Hulon-US ARMY-5-11-2024
William J. Dudley-US NAVY-5-31-2024
David W. Bowen-US NAVY-5-23-2024
JUNE
Timothy D. Long-NATIONAL GUARD-6-13-2024
Warren S. Freeman-US NAVY-6-14-2024
Lennow Scott-US ARMY-6-22-2024
JULY
Nelson Davis, Jr.-US NAVY-7-5-2024
Derrick K. Byas-US ARMY-7-8-2024
Evander Arnette-US ARMY-7-15-2024
Jeannie W. Peck-US MARINE-7-15-2024
Gustavous H. Bell, Jr.-US ARMY-7-22-2024
AUGUST
Larry L. Gibson-US ARMY-8-17-2024
Howard Elliott-US ARMY-8-17-2024
Van Benson, Jr.-US COAST GUARD-8-22-2024
Clyde Jackson-US ARMY-8-17-2024
William B. Jackson-US NATIONAL GUARD ARMY-8-26-2024
SEPTEMBER
George M. Pullie-US ARMY-9-17-2024
Ronald Graham-US NAVY-9-16-2024
Bobby G. Byrd=US ARMY-9-23-2024
Roy P. Lane-US ARMY-9-23-2024
Paul D. Ziermann-US ARMY-9-20-2024
Charles L. White-US ARMY-9-23-2024
Christopher Coleman-US ARMY-9-7-2024
OCTOBER
Victoria D. Matthews-US NAVY-10-3-2024
William E. Herring-US ARMY-10-3-2024
Justin Alford-US NAVY-10-3-2024
Charles B. Cottingham-US ARMY-10-16-2024
Benjamin Dentley Jr.-US ARMY-10-12-2024
NOVEMBER
James E. Stutler-US AIR FORCE-11-2-2024
Winford B. Polston-US ARMY-11-3-2024
Earle McDaniel-US MARINE-11-11-2024
Cameron J. Boone-US ARMY-11-19-2024
Kenneth A. Allen-US ARMY-11-23-2024
Ronald Arnette-US ARMY-11-22-2024
DECEMBER
Thurman McDougal-US ARMY-12-1-2024
Erica R. Dawkins-ARMY RESERVE-12-1-2024
Jimmy R. Cook-US ARMY-12-8-2024
Clyde L. Bailey-US MARINES-12-14-2024
Bobby E. Bryant-US ARMY-12-19-2024
Edward Samuel, Jr.-US ARMY-12-21-2024
Billy D. Hayes-US MARINE-12-20-2024
George A. Bethea-US ARMY-12-18-2024
Jerry L. Huggins-US ARMY-12-22-2024
JANUARY
Perry J. White-US ARMY-1-3-2025
Bruce W. Johnson-US NAVY-1-7-2025
Glen Chatman, Jr.-US NAVY-1-7-2025
George W. Daniels-US ARMY-1-24-2025
Theodis Bethea-US NAVY-1-29-2025
FEBRUARY
Harry A. Greene-US MARINE-2-7-2025
Bryan W. Moody-US ARMY-2-4-2025
Gary Graves-US ARMY-2-7-2025
Thomas Dudley-US ARMY-2-19-2025
Chesley G. Blackmon-US ARMY-2-18-2025
James E. Townsend-US NAVY-2-20-2025
Charles F. Cottingham-US ARMY-2-11-2025
Percy A. George-US AIR FORCE-2-19-2025
Lavern C. Brigman-US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD-2-20-25
Lonell Taylor-US ARMY-2-21-2025
MARCH
Robert Ferguson-US ARMY-3-2-2025
Paul Mason-US ARMY-3-3-2025
Marion D. Peacock-US ARMY-3-12-2025
William D. Canery-US ARMY-3-11-2025
Margaret E. Church-US ARMY-3-14-2025
Roland M. Minshew-US AIR FROCE-3-15-2025
APRIL
Isaac Gilchrist-US ARMY-4-2-2025
Albert Smith-US AIR FORCE-4-27-2025
Carlton Caulder-US NAVY-4-25-2025
Jonathan M. Edwards-US ARMY-4-26-2025
MAY
Robert E. Clark-US NAVY-5-17-2025
Willie Breeden-US ARMY-5-18-2025
Wreath Honoring our War Dead: Dillon Mayor Tally McColl and Navy Chaplain Jamie Arnette. Assisted by USAF Veteran Lloyd Brown. Wreath donated by Army Veteran Harry Moore & family in memory of Army Vietnam War Veteran Sergeant Fred Moore.
TAPS by DHS Student Cameron Ellison.
Flags Raised to Full Staff: US Flag Army Veteran Harry Moore/SC Flag Army Veteran Charlie Vance.
Distinguished Deceased Veteran of the Year – Jimmie E. Daniels 08/07/1946 to 08/26/2016 – By Navy Veteran Justin Foxworth and Major General James Lockemy.
Retire the Colors by Dillon High School Army JROTC.
Benediction by Navy Chaplain Jamie Arnette.
PHOTO GALLERY
Photos by Johnnie Daniels/The Dillon County News, LLC and Betsy Finklea/The Dillon County News, LLC
