James “Bud” Atkins
Born 2 July 1926, Lincoln County; died October 1996. Son of James F. and Mary Adams Atkins. Buried Mill Springs National Cemetery, Pulaski County.
World War II
Lincoln County names from the courthouse lawn monument and from family submissions to the former county site. This is not a complete roster of everyone who served.
Lincoln County Courthouse monument
Lincoln Countians who died in World War II, as listed on the monument in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse, Stanford. Transcribed by Gene Martin. 64 names. The War Department Honor List of Dead and Missing (Kentucky, Lincoln County) is a separate official pamphlet; scans were linked on the old site.
| Name on monument |
|---|
| Abner V. Noland, Jr. |
| Alfred Pettus |
| Alva D. Hamilton |
| Amos Brown |
| Arnold Brown |
| Berry Ross |
| Cecil R. Phelps |
| Charles Saylor |
| Claude P. Smith |
| Clinton Fereson |
| Coolie Cornett |
| Delbert C. Ping |
| Earl C. Maddox |
| Earl T. Roberts |
| Edgar Carrier |
| Edgar Conaster |
| Edgar H. Gilliland |
| Elmer E. Nutgrass |
| Elmer T. Hafley |
| Ephraim Owsley Rochester |
| Everett Reynolds |
| Farris Leigh |
| Forest Steinhaver |
| Frank H. Mobley |
| Frank Smith |
| Garland Austin |
| Grover Cleve Dunn |
| Gustavos A. Heath |
| Henry C. Burnside |
| Howard T. Williams |
| James Cornett |
| James M. Cohen |
| James O. Combest |
| James R. Leigh |
| Joe S. Smith |
| John H. Yocum |
| John Reuben Harris |
| Johnnie W. Atwood |
| Joseph A. Leathers |
| Joseph H. Seelye |
| Louis E. Blanton |
| Marion Shelby Reed |
| Marion Woodall |
| Melligan Atwood |
| Mitchell T. Yowell |
| Morris Shelton |
| Newell E. Brock |
| Oval Godbey |
| Paul Johnson |
| Paul Reynolds |
| Perle Clair Godbey |
| Perry White |
| Ralph Lay |
| Raymond Gooch |
| Russell L. Ross |
| Sherman Privett |
| Thomas Dunigan |
| Vincent Douglas |
| Walter Luttrell |
| William A. Austin |
| William C. Maggard |
| William E. Heath |
| William R. Grimes |
| William T. Baldock |
Family submissions
Notes sent to the former Lincoln County RootsWeb site. Spellings and facts are those of the submitter. Several of these men survived the war; a few are also on the monument (marked below).
Homer Edward Benedict
Born 15 April 1913, Lincoln County; died November 1997. U.S. Navy. Son of Steve and Bessie Raney Benedict. Buried Hustonville Cemetery.
Jerry Mar Broughton
Born 23 September 1923, Crab Orchard; died 13 February 2012, Oklahoma City. Son of James and ReBeca Broughton; widower of Minnie Johnny Broughton. U.S. Army Air Corps. Buried Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
Charles Cook
Kings Mountain. Army.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Russell Cook
Kings Mountain. Army.
Submitted by Noah Mason
James Albert Cross
8 August 1918 – 26 January 1988. Born Waynesburg. Buried Mount Lawn Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana. Entered U.S. Army 6 August 1941; honorable discharge 22 September 1945. Private first class. Served in France, Italy, Africa, and England; drove trucks and cut hair. Married Sue Cross 22 July 1946; divorced 1965. Children: Barbara (Bobbie) Cross, Teresa (Trudy) Cross Locke, and Steven Cross. A photograph was on the old site.
Submitted by Gary A. Mitchell
Charles Denham
Born 28 January 1925, Stanford; died 15 March 2014. Son of Jasper Denham and Lulu Young Denham. Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Navy, Pacific Theater, USS Hilton, World War II; USAF flight training and pilot, Korea. Buried Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, Nevada.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
Loles Denny
Son of Charles and Delia Rector Denny. Husband of Thetta Hawkins. Navy.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Oscar Lee Durham
Son of Joseph N. and Jemima Oaks Durham. Army; retired warrant officer (W-4).
Submitted by Gene Martin
Loranza Frank Edwards
Born 12 April 1913, Crab Orchard; died January 1997. U.S. Army. Son of William Edgar and Nannie Wilson Edwards. Buried Crab Orchard Cemetery.
Pearl Godby
Highland. Killed in action. The courthouse monument lists Perle Clair Godbey.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Louie Gooch
Kings Mountain. Army.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Lawrence H. Goodwin
Born 16 April 1922, Lincoln County; died July 1997. U.S. Army. Son of Howard and Myrtle Geiszl Goodwin. Buried Crab Orchard Cemetery.
William E. Heath
McKinney. B-17 pilot, Eighth Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 324th Bomb Squadron, Bassingbourn, England. Killed in action 17 April 1945, shot down over Dresden, Germany, flying Skunkface III (44-6568). Last crew lost from the 324th. Also listed on the courthouse monument. Listed on the National WWII Memorial registry. Submitter’s mother’s first cousin.
Submitted by Karli Trost, Hollywood, Maryland
William Raymond Hines
Born 16 August 1924, Lincoln County; died November 1997. U.S. Army. Son of George A. and Lula Belle Denney Hines. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Jesse Shy Hocker
Colonel.
Submitted by Fordyce B. Logan
James Dallas Holmes
Navy. Born Crab Orchard, 11 December 1925. Grandson of Sam and Fannie Chesteen Holmes.
Submitted by Charlene New Holmes
Luther Humphrey
U.S. Army.
Submitted by Buck Humphrey
Carl Shelby James
U.S. Army, New Guinea. Sergeant, T/5 radio technician. Enlisted 23 February 1942, Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. Born 25 March 1920, Lincoln County; died 23 February 1984, Lockland, Hamilton County, Ohio. Son of James Garland and Frances J. Oaks James. Husband of Leona Sowder James.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
Clyde Leneal James
Born 20 August 1922, Lincoln County; died January 1998. U.S. Army, France. Son of J. Garland and Frances Oakes James. Buried Highland Methodist Church Cemetery.
Marjorie M. Taylor Lambert
Born 6 August 1923, Lincoln County; died December 1997. Women’s Army Corps. Daughter of Jonas and Mayme Singleton Taylor. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
William D. Laswell, Jr.
Boatswain’s mate chief, U.S. Navy, World War II and Korea. Born 3 December 1910; died 28 March 1999. Pleasant Point Cemetery, Stanford. Taken from a U.S. Veterans Gravesites index entry on the old page.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
Robert B. Leece
Born 19 February 1925, Stanford; died 30 March 2013, New Carlisle, Ohio. U.S. Army. Son of Andrew and Betty Gaylor Leece. Widower of Faye E. Woodward Leece. Buried New Carlisle Cemetery, Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, plot J 113-1.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
Earl Lawson
Born 2 December 1919, Lincoln County; died December 1997. U.S. Army. Son of William and Isa Cook Lawson. Buried Lancaster Cemetery, Garrard County.
Given name was missing on the former county page. Birth: Earl Lawson, Kentucky Birth Index, 1911–1999, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 September 2026); citing Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Databases: Births 1911–1999, Frankfort.
Death, burial, and service: The Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Ky.), 6 January 1998; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1011111385/ : accessed 14 September 2026).
William Herbert Manning
Born 7 April 1914, Lincoln County; died November 1997. U.S. Army Air Forces. Son of Thomas and Alice Beagle Manning. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Frank L. Martin
Son of George R. and Martha Newland Martin. Army.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Robert Lee Martin
Son of James Mose and Ida Mae (Martin) Martin. Army.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Lloyd Mason
Army, 1941–1945. Highland.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Millard C. Mason
Corporal, Army, 1941–1945. Highland.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Stanley Martin McCowan
18 September 1920 – 19 June 1997. U.S. Army, staff sergeant. Purple Heart, Bronze Star with oak-leaf cluster, French medal. Son of William and Ethel Gaddis McCowan.
Submitted by Carole French DiSanto
J. W. McKinney
Born 9 December 1924, Lincoln County; died May 1997. U.S. Army. Son of Walter and Mary Lee Givens McKinney. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Brinkley Allen Mitchell
Army, 1942–1947. Born 29 March 1922; died 20 May 1997.
Submitted by Gary Allen Mitchell
Thomas Gilbert Mitchell
Army infantry, technician fifth grade, Battery B, 95th Field Artillery Battalion. Brother of Brinkley Allen Mitchell. Son of Miden Hayden Mitchell.
Submitted by Gary Allen Mitchell
Ernest Neal
Son of Marshall and Lilly Crawford Neal. Husband of Faye Lanham. Army.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Morris D. Newland
Son of Thomas and Ada White Newland. Husband of Jamie Baker. Army.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Oaks
Given name was missing on the old page. Son of Milton and Rosa Simpson Oaks. Navy.
Submitted by Gene Martin
Walter Edward Peck
12 March 1918 – 8 March 1975. Born 3488 Greasy Ridge Road, Highland area. Buried Peck Cemetery at that place. Inducted U.S. Army Air Corps 2 March 1942; honorable discharge 2 September 1945. Sergeant, 32nd Bomb Squadron; armorer. Continental service 1 month 9 days; foreign service 2 years 6 months 12 days. Campaigns: Tunisia, Sicily, Po Valley, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Southern France, air offensive Europe, air combat Balkans. Decorations as given on the old page: EAME ribbon with 12 bronze stars; Good Conduct; Distinguished Unit Citation with oak-leaf cluster.
Submitted by Amy Potter. A personal site was linked on the old page.
William Eddie Rice
Born 2 November 1927, Lincoln County; died October 1996. U.S. Army. Son of William O. and Anna Hale Rice. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Russell Ross
Highland. Killed in action. The courthouse monument lists Russell L. Ross.
Submitted by Noah Mason
Morris Simpson
Born 17 November 1921, Lincoln County; died July 1996. U.S. Army. Son of William Fee and Nora Simpson. Buried Simpson Cemetery.
James Harold Singleton
Born Lincoln County. U.S. Army, 1943–1946. Philippines, Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
Submitted by Sherry Emerson Crabtree
Frank Smith
Highland. Killed in action. Also listed on the courthouse monument.
Submitted by Noah Mason
George Alfred Swope
Born 1 November 1923, Stanford; died May 1997. U.S. Navy. Son of Thomas A. and Anna Ollish Swope. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Cecil J. Thompson
Waynesburg. Sergeant, Battery A, 68th Field Artillery. Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, and Rome-Arno campaigns. Listed on the National WWII Memorial registry. Submitter’s grandfather.
Submitted by Karli Trost, Hollywood, Maryland
Mack W. Tucker
Born 10 September 1906, Lincoln County; died April 1998. U.S. Army. Son of John A. and Addie Holmes Tucker. Buried Buffalo Springs Cemetery.
Clyde Louis Vinson, Sr.
U.S. Navy. Born 11 June 1921, Lincoln County; died 10 August 2010, Lexington. Son of J. C. Vinson and Edith Laswell Vinson. Widower of Dorothy Hogue Vinson.
William Henry Wrenn
Army.
Submitted by Barbara Rice
Monument list transcribed by Gene Martin from the stone at the Lincoln County Courthouse. Family sketches from the former RootsWeb World War II page. Given names that were blank on the old table are left blank.