(The Center Square) – Texans can honor veterans in the spirit of thanks as Thanksgiving approaches and year-round by participating in the Unaccompanied Veterans Program administered by the Texas General Land Office. The program offers burials for veterans with no known next of kin.

The next burial is scheduled on at 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

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U.S. Army Veteran Sergeant First Class (SFC) Edward Franklin Taylor will be laid to rest Thursday. Born on Sept. 1, 1941, Taylor served from January 1964 to November 1993. He received the Army

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