Oglethorpe County resident made ‘ultimate sacrifice’ in World War II
The Oglethorpe County Veterans Memorial stands outside of the Oglethorpe County Courthouse in Lexington, Georgia. Installed in 2017, it features the names of Oglethorpe County residents who served in the U.S. military. (Photo/Jack Casey)
Patsy J. Reed of Lexington displays a photograph of her uncle, Olin Emmett Jackson Jr., who was killed on Luzon in the South Pacific, six months before the Japanese surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945. (Photo/Dink NeSmith)
U.S. Army Tech Sgt. Olin Emmett Jackson Jr. is buried in Central Methodist Church Cemetery in Stephens. He has a bronze medallion, placed by the U.S. Department of the Army, near his headstone. (Photo/Dink NeSmith)
May W. Jackson was honored by the United States government as a Gold Star Mother because she lost a son, Olin Emmett Jackson Jr. of Oglethorpe County, while serving on active duty during World War II. (Photo/Dink NeSmith)
Two hundred yards off Highway 77 South, between Stephens and Maxey, stands the white, clapboard Central Methodist Church.
Above an “organized in 1820” granite sign are triple-arched, staine…
