Lady Bird Funeral
By: Import User
Updated: July 16, 2007
THE TRI-STATE HAS JOINED THE NATION IN HONORING THE LIFE OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON TODAY.
THOUSANDS TURNED OUT IN THE STREETS OF AUSTIN TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO FORMER FIRST LADY. MANY HELD UP SIGNS, WAVED FLAGS AND SOME EVEN CHANTED HER NAME AS THE FUNERAL PROCESSION PASSED BY. THE BURIAL SERVICE TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE L-B-J RANCH IN STONEWALL, TEXAS. SHE WILL BE BURIED NEXT TO HER HUSBAND, FORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT THE FAMILY PLOT. TODAYS BURIAL SERVICE WAS SMALL AND INTIMATE, UNLIKE SATURDAYS FUNERAL SERVICE WHERE ALMOST TWO THOUSAND TURNED OUT FOR A FINAL GOODBYE. MANY REMEMBERED LADY BIRD AS AN UNSELFISH WOMAN WHO SO MUCH IN LIFE BOTH TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DUTIES. HER GRANDSON, LYNDON NUGENT, REMEMBERED HER WITH LOVE AND HER EXAMPLE TO LEAVE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. LADY BIRD JOHNSON DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE AGE OF NINETY-FOUR. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
