August 4th Greenwood County SC Matthews Mills Veterans Monument

At one time, the Mighty Greenwood Mills company had 20 or so plants, employed 15,000 people, and did several hundred millions of dollars in revenue.  Today, they are mostly  shut down, and many of the plants have been demolished, including the Matthews Mill here in town.  The Mill Village houses still stand, providing cheap housing for low income residents-  and one last vestige of the Mill is this nice monument erected to honor those who gave their lives in WWII.  Mathews Mill Veterans Monument

Inscription. West Side: Forever Honour'd Forever Mourn'd This tablet is reverently dedicated to the memory of Thomas L. Hitt Carl Henry Holder who gave their lives for their country in the Korean Conflict South Side: Erected 1947 by Employees and Management of Mathews Mill East Side: In Memoriam Here in enduring bronze are recorded the names of those from Mathews Mill who gave their lives for their country in World War II: William E. Bleckley Manson J. Browne Boyd E. Burgess Maxwell M. Chapman P. Otis Coker Dewey E. Cooper, Jr. Ervin W. Crowe J. Lawrence Daniel Thomas R. Gambrell Cecil G. Gentry James B. Hammons William E. Harrison Heyward Holley Vern G. Holley Collins D. Holt Robert Owings Homer Edd Padgett Joe D. Richard Paul R. Underwood, Jr. Frank A Wind, Jr. North Side: Dedicated to the Honor of the men and women who served our country in World War II 1941 - 1946 Erected 1947 by Employees and Management of Mathews Mill. Location. 34°  10′ N, 82° 8.567′ W. Marker is in Greenwood, South Carolina, in Greenwood County. Marker is at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and South Carolina Highway 178, on the left when traveling east on Columbia Avenue.