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.
Oh, good grief, fat ted is speaking now. Will he apologize for his brother's wire tapping of MLK????
Of course, I no longer have kiddie parties on my birthday.
BTW-I'm one year older than he is.
Kennedy quoting the Bible. He who couldn't find a virtuous woman in six feet of crick water.
It's a Baptist church, don't worry. No wine.
Pond water.
LOL!!!!!!
exactly.
He couldn't have.
He was a Christian. Those 2 things just don't go together.
sorry linda.
I wonder if Fatso will apologize for JFK's warrentless wiretapping of Dr King
Sound of crickets...
Baptist churches are OK. I attended one while in college. It wasn't a southern Baptist church, but it was a heckuva lot better than the goofy Lutheran church, which incidently I am baptised as.
It was a pond?? I never knew that. So much the worse.
Yeah it was a pond.
It was a saltwater pond. Like the Intercoastal Waterway.
A bay, actually.
Crud, C-SPAN is going back to regular House coverage for a bit, so I have to revert to CNN. :(
Kennedy quoting "our lord."
Hm..
Did teddy just say he expects to be in heaven one day? God help him.
Ted Kennedy quoting scripture is making me sick. What a hypocrite!!!
That he did.
And now Conyers! Let's see if he calls for Bush to be impeached!
Kennedy, a cafeteria Catholic. LOL!!
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