On most afternoons you can find Richard Overton perched on his East Austin home's elevated porch, overlooking Hamilton Avenue, listening to R&B and smoking his beloved cigars. Passers-by wave when ...

The English historian Paul Johnson once wrote of Winston Churchill, “It is a joy to write his life, and to read about it.” So, too, is it with Richard Overton: another whiskey-loving, cigar-toting man ...

He’s sitting in a lawn chair on the front porch of the Austin home he built nearly 70 years ago, working on his fifth Tampa Sweet cigar on a 91-degree sunny day. The smooth tunes of the Isley Brothers ...

Richard Overton was in his mid-30s when he began serving in World War II. It was perhaps the most important thing he did with his life, but it was far from the last. Overton, who died Thursday in ...

AUSTIN — On Dec. 27, 2018, the city of Austin lost one of its most beloved residents and the country lost the oldest veteran who fought in World War II. After a battle with pneumonia, Richard Overton ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A family member says the nation's oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S. has died in Texas. Richard Overton was 112. Shirley Overton ...

Hundreds turned out in Austin to honor the passing WWII veteran Richard Overton during services at Shoreline Church and burial at the Texas State Cemetery on Saturday. Overton was the oldest living ...

Richard Overton, the oldest living veteran in the United States, has died at age 112. His cousin, Volma Overton Jr., confirmed the news to the Austin American-Statesman. KTBC reported that the news ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A family member says the nation's oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S. has died in Texas. Richard Overton was 112. Shirley Overton ...