Posted on 02/07/2006 6:55:05 AM PST by katieanna
LITHONIA, Ga. - Shivering in near-freezing temperatures, thousands of people waited hours in line Tuesday for one last chance to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King before her funeral.
"There's one word to describe going to go see Coretta — historic. It's good to finally see her at peace," said Robert Jackson, a 34-year-old financial consultant from Atlanta whose 10-year-old daughter, Ebony, persuaded him to take her to the visitation.
The lines had already started forming by 3 a.m. By the time the doors opened at 6:30 a.m., people toward the end were warned that if they stayed in line they likely wouldn't get into the funeral because of long lines that were already forming there.
An estimated 10,000 people, including four U.S. presidents, were expected to attend the midday funeral at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, where King's daughter Bernice is a minister.
my guess is she has a d after her name.
I'm not sure about the standing O
But he rec'd LOUD cheers ... it was nice to hear that
I would hope they would be what she stood for in a time of strife.
But again, those that wish to pull her down ONLY see her race. By all accounts, she was never about that.
She isn't. Even in an interview session she's not very appealing.
Yes, President Bush had standing O from MOST, not all in attendance. BC will speak with that stupid grin on his face...
Well, she's finished now, so it was short as well.
Yes. She is a Democrat.
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Didn't all the Presidents go to Princess Diana's funeral? Also Mother Theresa's. Plus these Presidents got to know her personally and maybe, just maybe, they liked her and decided that they wanted to attend their friends funeral. Can't that be a worthy explanation? I think that could be pretty accurate. All the famous people do hang out from time to time at events.
Who's the guy on CNN? Just said that there were preachers up there so the President didn't need to speak on that. Rather, he would rather hear the Pres. talk about truly leaving no child behind, blah, blah, blah.
I'd be shocked if he didn't speak, but maybe we'll get lucky :-)
Thank heaven, I can get it on C-SPAN now, so I can get rid of all the background blather on CNN. Someone from South Africa is speaking but they talked over her introduction.
Nancy Reagan,and Betty Ford.
The widow of Oliver Tambo.
He has one on TBN I think.
Thanks .. I didn't see the crowd ... so I wasn't sure
LOL! I'm unable to watch this, but Rush mentioned "The uh, Rev'rnnnnnnd Jacks'nnnnnnnnn" is there.
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