The Marlin Democrat
March 5, 1919
Negro Soldier Buried
With Military Honors
Body Shipped to
Marlin From Camp Travis where death Occurred
The Funeral of
Choyal White, negro, soldier, was held in Marlin Thursday afternoon with
military honors, a guard of honor formed by a squad of local negroes discharged
from the army forming an escort to the grave in uniform.
The body was
shipped to Marlin from Camp Travis; where death occurred the casket being
draped in an American flag.
The procession
attracted considerable attention as it passed through the business district of
the city, headed by Old Glory.