The funeral service was in the house, the Methodist minister, how clean and glistening his eyeglasses and his neat body standing beside that coffin with that doll inside, a stranger speaking to strangers the old sacred words, and the rain drumming incessantly in accompaniment, seven days of relentless rain that turned the ground to mud so the burial had to be postponed.

Upon his death, as he requested, he had no memorial or funeral service.

After the funeral service, a tribute concert was held at the Martin Luther King Center, also in Gainesville, and featured performances by his son and daughter, Anthony McDaniel and Evelyn Kelly, long-time background vocalist Gloria Jolivet, co-producer Scott " Skyntyte " Free, Diddley's touring band, The Debby Hastings Band, and guest artist Eric Burdon.

Eisenhower's funeral service

On March 31, Eisenhower's body was returned to the National Cathedral, where he was given an Episcopal Church funeral service.

Dewar's funeral service was held at Glasgow Cathedral, amid scenes of mourning unknown for a politician in Scotland's largest city.

On Wednesday, 7 March 2012, a private funeral service was held at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Indiantown, Florida.

A funeral service was then held at St Andrew's Church in Coniston

a funeral service in Coniston village attended by his widow Tonia, daughter Gina, other members of his family, members of his former team, and admirers.

Coleman's former manager Dion Mial was involved initially, but withdrew after Coleman's 1999 will, which named Mial as executor and directed that his wake be "... conducted by those with no financial ties to me and can look each other in the eyes and say they really cared personally for Gary Colemen ", turned out to be superseded by a later one replacing Mial with Gray, and directing "... that there be no funeral service, wake, or other ceremony memorializing my passing.

Hearses and other funeral service vehicles in the U. S. are often equipped with purple light bars and other flashing lights similar to those found in emergency vehicles in order to increase the visibility of the vehicle while in processions.

Since the working life of a hearse is generally one of light duty and short, sedate drives, hearses remain serviceable for a long time ; hearses 30 years old or more may still be in service, although some funeral homes replace them at least once a decade.

At a funeral service for a total stranger, Harold meets Maude ( Ruth Gordon ), a 79-year-old woman who shares Harold's hobby of attending funerals.

President Richard Nixon delivered another eulogy at the funeral service in the National Presbyterian Church.

Robinson's funeral service on October 27, 1972, at New York City's Riverside Church attracted 2, 500 mourners.

Only posthumously did he receive the praise and appreciation which had escaped him in life: he was awarded a hero's funeral and numerous medals by the USSR, including the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest distinction awarded for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.

The funeral service, attended by high dignitaries, including the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, did not pass without some turbulence.

At her funeral service, John White ( the Bishop of Winchester ) praised Mary: " She was a king's daughter ; she was a king's sister ; she was a king's wife.

During the seven-day state funeral, Nancy, accompanied by her children and military escort, led the nation in mourning by keeping a strong composure, traveling from her home to the Reagan Library for a memorial service, then to Washington, D. C., where her husband's body lay in state for 34 hours prior to a national funeral service in the Washington National Cathedral.

In 2007, she attended the national funeral service for Gerald Ford in the Washington National Cathedral.

* 2006 – The funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine.

Thomas ' funeral, which Brinnin did not attend, took place at St Martin's Church in Laugharne on 24 November.

Hopper's funeral took place on June 3, 2010 at San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.

During the two funeral services, Himmler — the chief mourner — took charge of Heydrich's two young sons, and he gave the eulogy in Berlin.

The funeral took place on 7 February, following a funeral act of state on the Dorotheenstadt cemetery in Berlin in the closest of family and friends.

They took advantage of President Taya's attendance at the funeral of Saudi King Fahd to organize the coup, which took place without loss of life.

His funeral took place in the Al-Rashdan Mosque in Nasr City in Cairo.

His funeral and cremation took place the following day.

Thousands took part in his funeral.

During the power vacuum that followed the assassination of Somalia's second president, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, the military staged a coup d ' état on 21 October 1969 ( the day after Shermarke's funeral ) and took over office.

Occasionally the photographer took pictures of the family at the funeral as well, as this was one of the few times that people would all be together.

His services and funeral Mass took place in the church he attended from his childhood, Nativity of Our Lord.

The funeral took place on the 10th September Westminster Abbey.

Increasing funeral expenses combined with decreasing real value of investments such as homes and retirement savings which took place in the 2000s have purportedly led to an increase in citizens taking advantage of arrangements where funeral costs are reduced or eliminated.

Sebring's funeral took place later the same day ; the funerals were scheduled several hours apart to allow mutual friends to attend both.

His funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on the 15th.

His funeral took place at St. Mary's Church, The Boltons, London.

Later came The Tempest, King Lear, a funeral march for the final scene in Hamlet, the love scene for Les Troyens ( which, some claim, Berlioz took from The Merchant of Venice ), and Béatrice and Benedict.

However, historically, the assassination took place on 15 March ( The Ides of March ), the will was published on 18 March, the funeral was on 20 March and Octavius arrived only in May.

It was William who took responsibility for the king's funeral and burial at Worcester Cathedral.

According to Apollodorus, Menelaus, Aerope's son, was away at Catreus ' funeral, when Paris took Helen to Troy.

About 200, 000 people took to the streets of the Gaza Strip for Yassin's funeral as Israeli forces declared a national alert.