Spalding County dedicated a memorial as perpetual evidence of its gratitude for the brave, loyal, and patriotic service rendered by its sons and daughters in 1917 and 1918 during World War I, and it honored those from Spalding County who lost their lives during the Great War, including Troy D. Barnett, Otis Cook, James A. Cottingham, Henry R. Davis, James M. Farley, W. Halbran, Ed Hammond, Joseph C. Harris, H. Haynes, Lovic B. King, George W. Knight, William L. Mallory, Cecil R. Moon, D. G. Norton, Albert W. Parham, N. W. Ponder, James F. Posey, Charles L. Shedd, R. H. Tuck, James A. Williams, A. R. Wynn, Aubrey R. Wynne, Floyd Anderson, Arthur Ballard, William Bankston, Wilbur Barlow, Rufus Graham, Edd Hammond, James Phillips, James Proctor, Penia Roberts, Alvertis Smith, James Touchstone, Eugene Tuggle, Earl Wadsworth, Joe William, and Albert Wimbish.