The Marlin Democrat, March 5, 1919
Negro Soldier Buried With Military Honors
Body Shiped to Marlin From Camp Travis where death Occured
The Funeral of 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.
Th procession attracted considerable attention as it
passed through the
business district of the city, headed by Old Glory.