Banners are hung throughout downtown Columbia in honor of veterans in our community.
The service for dedication of the banners will be held on Friday, May 23, at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall.
Those veterans are from the Vietnam War, Korean War, World War I, World War II, and active duty.
Following is a list of banners for 2025:
Billy Ray Page
Charles A. Thomas
Maddox Cook
Dannie M. Kelley
Danny Hoover
David H. Gaskin
Douglas Baker
Edwin M. Harmon
Garnett Baker
George Caldwell Jr.
George Kenneth Staton
Glenn Shirley Glasgow
Golden Parker
James E. Abell
Larry Donald Parker
Lee Harris Smith
Marion Baker
Mark E. Hutchison
Melissa M. Brockman
Pete Reliford
Robert Jesse Loy
Roger E. Burton
Roger Huckaby Jr.
Russell Perkins
Sandford R. Green
George Loy Jr.
Toby J. Thompson
Walter Ewing Humphress
Walter Gene Hoots
William Coy Turner
William D. Brockman
William J. Combest
William Ralph Hoots
Shane Lee Pollard
Harvey Dean Nash
William E. (Tootie) Corbin
William J. Burton
Ray G. Willis
Charles Caldwell
Ronald Edwards
Eldridge Bragg
James King
Pamela King
Leon Huff
Benjamin Hadley
Sammy King
Edwin Downey
Billy Fletcher
Noel Hayes
Hindman Loy
John William Guillion
William O. Pendleton
Billy Sullivan
Edward Grider
Vernon Williams
William F. Keys
Caleb Arnold
Ronald Goetz
Arlin Wheet
George Claywell
Jordan Baker
James Smallwood
John D. Lowe III
William Phelps
Herman Chelf
William Feese
Lucian Edwards
Raymond Curry
Francis McGowan
Stanley Jones
Clay Thomas Moore
Wilburn Cheatham
Ronald Cheatham
Garold Russell
James Gaskins
Tom Andrew
Willie Ray Foster
Stevie Foster Graves Sr.
Larry D. Huckaby
Walter Ray Graves
Ples T. Grimsley
Ray Partin
Larry T. Antle
Danny D. Kearney
Kenneth Bryant
Robert Gossett
Clifton Hadley
Phillip Keltner
Jimmie Dale Cox
John W. Arnold
William Billy Spoon
Leonard Price Cheatham
Felton Fudge
James Wolford Grant
Tommy Lee Scott
Radius Brown
Charles L. Cole
Clay Jones
Thomas A. Turner
Leslie Land
(Mayor Pamela Hoots – City of Columbia)