In 1949, Whitmire honored the men and women of the community who served their country in World Wars One and Two and dedicated remembrance to those who made the supreme sacrifice: in World War One, Arthur Baker, Thomas O. Duncan, Curtis D. Trammell, and Bronx Nelson; in World War Two, Great Britton Arrowood, Thomas Bellue, Howard Eugene Bouleware, Ralph Cochran, William T. Crosby, Gilman G. Crosby, John E. Davis, Robert V. Evans, Floyd Virgil Gilliam, James R. Hayes, James A. Johnson, Roosevelt Johnson, John Bruce Loftis, Jr., Robert P. McCall, William McMurry, William L. McCollough, John H. Osborne, Marion E. Reed, Harold A. Senn, Lawrence E. Summers, Stanley J. Teasley, and James C. Vinson.