Tag Archives: WWII Veteran

Putnam County’s oldest veteran 101-year-old Lehman Riggs passed away Thursday. Mayor Randy Porter said Riggs was one of the nicest individuals he ever met. “I got to know him over several years, and he was just a good, christian man,” Porter said. “Very humble, kind, gentle, but he was very dedicated to the Honor Guard and serving veterans and their ... Read More »

The Cookeville History Museum has a new exhibit that allows visitors to get a glimpse of WWII “Through the Lens of a Cookeville Soldier,” Gaskell Warren. Warren was an avid photographer, and his grandson Curt Warren said he inherited hundreds of photographs, including those from his time as a soldier in WWII. “There’s just so much to it that happened ... Read More »