The Town of Lyman is honoring its local veterans and active-duty service members with its Hometown Heroes program.
As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, banners bearing the names and faces of 26 local heroes have been hung across downtown Lyman. Most of the banners can be viewed from Ridge Street, with a few placed throughout town in significant areas for the honorees.
“We're really excited to be able to recognize our veterans in this way,” said Lyman Mayor David Petty. “These individuals have contributed not only to the Lyman community, but to our country as well, and we want to thank them for their service.”
Town officials say the banners will remain on display through Veterans Day. In addition to the banners, the Town will host a special recognition event on Saturday, June 27, at the Lyman Event Center.
Beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the Hometown Heroes event will give extra recognition to Lyman’s service members. The whole community is invited, but Petty says he also hopes the event feels like a reunion for the town’s military families, giving them space to share their stories.
“I think it’s important to share these stories whenever we can,” Petty said. “There are a number of folks who are recognized on these banners who are no longer with us — many of them World War Two veterans. Their stories live on in our telling of them now, so we wanted to create a space for that.”
Here is the full list of honorees:
William Ronald Allison
Barry Aughtry
Charles Babb
Brunson W. Bolin
Andrew Richard Brogden
Norman Carl Caudle
William Jerry Dowis
Craig Edwards
Robert Nelson “Bob” Fogel
James S. Fowler, Sr.
John Belton Godfrey
Jay Hayes
Edward K. Humphries
Winfred Edward Humphries
Kenneth R. Johnson
William Doyle Lindsey, Jr.
Raymond C. Morrow
Fred L. Mullinax
Hannah G. Nicholson
Smiley D. Price
April Kite Rust
Daniel B. Stoddard
Eugene P. Stribling
Dan D. Stroud
Elbert W. Wright
David J. Young, III
For more information or updates on Town of Lyman events, visit https://www.lymansc.gov/.
