Texarkana monument marks grave of soldier Otis Henry, built by his mother
A doughboy monument his mother put up at Rose Hill Cemetery still marks the grave of Cpl. Otis Henry of Texarkana.
The Alamo Republican brief, from reporting by Texarkana Today
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Cpl. Otis Henry of Texarkana died of wounds in France on Oct. 6, 1918, while serving with the 90th Division.
Thirteen years later, his mother put up a doughboy monument at his grave in Rose Hill Cemetery. The monument has an angel and a mourner at its base and still marks the site.
Written by The Alamo Republican from Texarkana Today’s reporting, using only the facts in it. Texarkana Today’s own headline: ““Remember, Remember”: Otis Henry and the monument his mother built”
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