This website is dedicated to the Veterans from Mitchell County who gave their lives while in service to our country. It is also dedicated to their families who have borne the sorrow of their deaths all these years.
Many last letters from these men are here along with what stories and pictures I could find.
To view the names click List of Names by War and Peacetime . On the individual pages, most of the documents can be viwed better by enlarging the page. You can also open image in new window as well. To save an image, just right click on the image and click save as (Save to your computer) and you can take anything you want.
The names are from the best information I could get and I cite or give an internet link wherever possible. Some of the pictures will not show on certain browsers but click on them anyway as they should open in a new window. A few pages from the newspaper were cut out or gone entirely so I couldn't get the full story on some of these men, but I did the best I could.
I want to thank the Mitchell News Journal and Spruce Pine Library for allowing me to copy their newspaper archives and unless otherwise noted, all newspaper articles are from the Tri-County News Journal now known as the Mitchell News Journal. Dr. Daniel Barron and the Spruce Pine Library staff along with the Mitchell News Journal were very helpful.
Mrs. Casey Hollifield Johnson our former technology specialist here at Mitchell High School was instrumental in getting me started and answering so many questions along the way. I also want to thank the Mitchell High School personnel and our taxpayers who made the technology for this project possible.
I also want to thank Mr. Bruce Ikard and WTOE radio for advertising this project. A special thank you to all the people who sent in pictures and stories. Anyone with additional information or corrections I need to make, please contact me at mhurd@mhslive.net and I'll fix it as soon as possible.
Matthew J. Hurd
US Marine 1992-1996
Mitchell High School US History Teacher
National Board Certified
Mitchell High School
416 Ledger School Road
Bakersville, NC 28705
828 688-2101 ext.3442