LENOIR COUNTY WORLD WAR I VICTORY ARCH MEMORIAL

THE VICTORY ARCH PAID HONOR TO THE 14 LENOIR COUNTY MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR I. THEIR NAMES WERE INSCRIBED ON AN IMPOSING FOUR ARCH STRUCTURE WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED OF WHITE PAINTED WOOD IN 1919 AND SPANNED TWO STREETS. THE ARCH HAD ALWAYS BEEN INTENDED AS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE AND DISMANTLED IN 1922. PLANS TO REPLACE IT WITH ONE OF CONCRETE AND MARBLE NEVER MATERIALIZED. LIST OF SOLDIERS NAMES: JOSEPH DIXON ROUNDTREE, BURWELL JACKSON, FOUNTAIN PARROTT, GORDON RHODES, CLEN MANLEY RIGGS, JOHN K. GRADY, LELAND A. PATRICK, WILL GARDNER, PEARLIE H. HARRIS, FRANK R. BROWN, J.R. ALFORD, DON MERCER, WILLIAM J. MCCOY AND HERBERT E. ROUSE.