August 1, 2023
By:
To recognize the service and sacrifices of local Confederate soldiers, the Savage-Goodner Camp 1513 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is dedicating a memorial plaque to Confederate Veterans interred in Alexandria Eastview Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Alexandria, Tennessee (near City of Alexandria water tower) on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
A brief ceremony at the cemetery with military and civilian reenactors will accompany the unveiling of a memorial sign containing the names of the Confederate Veterans buried in the Eastview Cemetery. Martin Frost from Lebanon will be the featured speaker. Mr. Frost is recognized for his study of the 7th Tennessee Infantry. Company A of this Regiment originated in Alexandria and one of its Commanders, John Goodner, as well as three other members are interred there.
The public and descendants of these men are invited to attend and witness this ceremony.
The Confederate Veterans being memorialized are:
Columbus Bailiff
George Bowers
Samuel Crowder
David Dinges
James Donnell
James Doss
Monroe Doss
Nelson Eason
Lemuel Fite
Joshua Floyd
R. B. Floyd
Francis Foutch
John Goodner
Thomas Goodner
Wylie Jones
William Lincoln
William Patterson
Oren Wright
John Wheeler