Richard Overton, who was the oldest World War II veteran when he died in 2018 at 112, is still waiting on a headstone for his grave at Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas…
reported that Overton’s planned memorial had hit snags because of financial issues and complications from the COVID-19 pandemic. that he was hoping the memorial would be finished by the end of the year, but pinpointed supply chain issues as another issue hampering the memorial. He said community support and a generous donation of $10,000 had put them within $900 of their goal.
“It’s going to be amazing,” Bergeron said of the memorial. “It’s going to be a tribute to him. It will actually be the form of a statue, actually looking toward his house, just a couple of blocks away. And he might have a cigar in his hand.” Overton, who was also thought to be the oldest living American, was born in 1906 in Bastrop County, just outside Austin, Texas.
Walking through the Texas State Cemetery this morning I noticed the grave of Richard Overton, who has been gone for 3 years now, is still a little placard.
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