Photos from Mrs. King's Service ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

The stained glass windows of the Ebenezer Baptist Church are reflected in a portrait of Coretta Scott King during a memorial service for her in Atlanta, February 5, 2006. (Jason Reed/Reuters)



Paula Johnson Simons weeps as she waits for an opportunity to enter the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.



Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., arrives to attend the Coretta Scott King home going ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.



Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., arrives to attend the Coretta Scott King home going ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.



People wait in line for an opportunity to attend the Coretta Scott King home going ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.



Former U.S. presidents (L-R) Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and his wife U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) are led by U.S. President George W. Bush into funeral services for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia February 7, 2006. Coretta Scott King was the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.



(From L to R) U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush are joined by former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), former President George H.W. Bush, former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosslyn Carter as they attend a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



People attend the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, Pool)



King family members Martin Luther King III (2nd L) and Yolanda King (R) are joined by friends and mourners as they attend a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



US clergyman and civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C), 27, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, emerge 23 March 1956 from Montgomery Court House, following his trial on charges of conspiring to boycott segregated city buses.



Coretta Scott King and her husband Martin Luther King 09 December 1964 in Oslo, Noraway where the US clergyman and civil rights leader received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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King family members Martin Luther King III (2nd L) and Yolanda King (3rd R), and Dexter King (R) are joined by friends and mourners as they attend a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) attends a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) attends a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



Reverend Jesse Jackson (L), his daughter, Santita, and Al Sharpton sit as they attend a memorial service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, outside of Atlanta, February 7, 2006.



A Dekalb County police officer restrains a woman who became frustrated over not being allowed to enter the Coretta Scott King home going ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, GA Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. Hundreds of mourners were turned away from the entrance of the church were the ceremony took place.




Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin speaks during the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. At rear is President Bush.



President Bush (C, at podium) speaks at the funeral service for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia February 7, 2006.



A mourner pleads with a Dekalb County police officer (L) to get into the funeral for Coretta Scott King at New Birth Missionary Baptist in Lithonia, Georgia February 7, 2006. Hundreds who tried to attend the service were turned away.



Mourners are seated inside the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to pay their respects to Coretta Scott King, in Lithonia, GA.



Former President Bill Clinton holds hands with his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. during the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.



Martin Luther King III, far left, Yolanda King, center, and Dexter Scott King, far right, holds hand with other members of the King family during funeral services for for Coretta Scott King.

[laruemtt]

1. Mrs. King has always looked

absolutely regal. Her eyes are miles and miles deep. Rest in peace.

[chat_noir]

2. Stephanie, thank you so much for posting these!

:yourock:

[Stephanie]

3. I wish I could watch it

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

4. kick and recommended n/t

[myrna minx]

5. This is such a moving thread.

Thank you for putting this wonderful thread together. :hug:

[Catherine Vincent]

6. Nice pics. Thanks Steph!

I take it Barbara Bush wasn't able to attend. And the pic with Condi Rice, the guy to the left behind Ms. Rice looks like Osteen from Lakewood Church.

7. a real mix of people there - who are her true supporters ?? n/t

[donheld]

8. Mrs King always looks so graceful

what a woman, what a life.

[never cry wolf]

9. Where is Babs? All the other first ladies are there...

I guess she couldn't waste her beautiful mind. Plus there's alot of "those" kind of people there.

[Stand and Fight]

10. Strange... I notice that Barbara Bush is absent...

I wonder what her reasons are... I am inclined to suggest that it might have something to do with her aversion to certain events and/or people. :shrug:

[Stephanie]

11. probably not invited due to her horrible remarks

i bet they deliberately didn't invite her

[grace0418]

12. She was so beautiful, inside and out. What a joke that any of the

Bushes attended. If I were one of her children I would have a hard time with that, I'd want to say they were not allowed to attend.

And yes, I too noticed that the Barbara Bush couldn't be bothered. At least she's more honest about her bigotry than her husband or son. Boy, talk about the antithesis of Coretta Scott King. Barbara is even more hideous inside than she is outside.

[CatWoman]

13. Steph -- I hope you don't mind me adding a few more to this thread:

The Rev. Al Sharpton (left) and Jesse Jackson


Former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young


Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean


Sen. Barack Obama


Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president


Rep. Nancy Pelosi


and who let this sneaky bastard in?


Sen. Bill Frist and his wife Kayrn

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Bad pic of Nancy P.

Has she aged or is that just a bad pic?

[Sydnie]

16. that can't be Pelosi

she is too thin in the face for that to be her.

[Stephanie]

17. she's had a facelift

I think Hillary did too, also Elisabeth Dole and Elisabeth Bumiller.

[Sydnie]

20. In the last few weeks?

She didn't look like that when she gave her town hall meeting over the holiay break.

[fedupinBushcountry]

22. Not Nancy Pelosi

Here she is in another picture seated next to Hoyer.

[sandrakae]

24. I don't believe this is Nancy Pelosi.

[Stephanie]

15. those are great, thanks!

:hi:

[Stand and Fight]

25. That is NOT Minority Leader Pelosi... n/t

[opihimoimoi]

27. Thank you both.....the pics are wonderful....

[SeattleGirl]

18. Thanks for the pictures, Stephanie

Mrs. King was a truly great woman.

[Stephanie]

19. she was beautiful too

so sad - end of an era

[spanone]

21. Great Work Stephanie! Thanks.

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

23. What beautiful pictures!

I love them. Thanks for sharing. They're so beautiful!

[BlueIris]

26. Egh. Many powerful and moving images, but...

I couldn't help but be sickened by the image of Bush leafing absently through the book in his lap, obviously totally ignoring everything, during Shirley Franklin's presentation. MY. GOD. Is this "man" even human?