A hospital was erected as a lasting tribute to the men and women of Joanna who served their country in World War II and as a memorial to those who gave their lives: H. Odell Barrett, Floyd R. Edwards, Henry W. Dobbins, Horace W. Ridings, Winford O. Price, George B. Browning, G. Marion Bragg, Willis J. Phillips, and Woodrow W. Whelchel. Those from Joanna remembered for Korea and Viet-Nam are Robert Wilburn, Michael Banks, Reginald Morse, and Carrol Stroud.