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Former President George HW Bush’s funeral in Texas (Photos)

December 6, 2018, 5:34 PM

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard outside the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Pool)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Pool
People look from a building as they pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People look from a building as they pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Steven Lowry, 7, picks through the rocks underneath the train tracks moments after the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush had passed through Pinehurst, Texas, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Many people who watched the train pass by took rocks or coins that were flattened by the train as keepsakes. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
Steven Lowry, 7, picks through the rocks underneath the train tracks moments after the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush had passed through Pinehurst, Texas, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Many people who watched the train pass by took rocks or coins that were flattened by the train as keepsakes. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant
Ryder Davis, 3, watches the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush pass through Pinehurst, Texas, atop the shoulders of his father, 27-year-old Matthew Davis, on Thursday, in Pinehurst, Texas. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush's casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
Ryder Davis, 3, watches the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush pass through Pinehurst, Texas, atop the shoulders of his father, 27-year-old Matthew Davis, on Thursday, in Pinehurst, Texas. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush’s casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant
Ana Garza, of Cypress, Texas, displays coins flattened by the memorial train carrying the casket of President George H.W. Bush when it passed through Pinehurst, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush's casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
Ana Garza, of Cypress, Texas, displays coins flattened by the memorial train carrying the casket of President George H.W. Bush when it passed through Pinehurst, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush’s casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush leaves Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush leaves Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from a hearse at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from a hearse at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush's final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush’s final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
AP Photo/Michael Wyke
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Magnolia, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the train route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags and signs as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush’s final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
AP Photo/Michael Wyke
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Firefighters stand on their truck and salute along with other attendants on an overpass as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past on the way to Bush’s final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
AP Photo/Michael Wyke
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush’s final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
AP Photo/Michael Wyke
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas, to a Union Pacific train. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas, as it is placed on a Union Pacific train. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush to a hearse following his funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush to a hearse following his funeral service at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin's Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, leave St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston after the funeral service for his father, former President George H.W. Bush on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, leave St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston after the funeral service for his father, former President George H.W. Bush on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin's Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Reba McEntire sings "The Lord's Prayer" during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Reba McEntire sings “The Lord’s Prayer” during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
The Oak Ridge Boys perform during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The Oak Ridge Boys perform during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Former President George W. Bush arrives for a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Former Secretary of State James Baker III gives a eulogy during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
George P. Bush gives a eulogy during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Granddaughter Barbara Pierce Bush reads scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. At back are Elizabeth Dwen Andrews, left, and Marshall Lloyd Bush. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Reba McEntire sings “The Lord’s Prayer” during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Rev. Russell J. Levenson Jr., gives the homily during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
George P. Bush embraces former President George W. Bush after giving a eulogy for former President George H.W. Bush during a funeral service at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The Oak Ridge Boys sing “Amazing Grace” during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Granddaughters Nancy Ellis LeBlond Sosa, left, and Georgia Grace Koch read scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Elizabeth Dwen Andrews reads scripture during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. At back are Noelle Lucila Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush and Marshall Lloyd Bush. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
People line the road as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush heads to the Union Pacific train facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Former NBA basketball player Clyde Drexler arrives at a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Police on horseback salute as the hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush heads to the Union Pacific train facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Reba McEntire arrives for a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives at a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush after a funeral at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Workers prepare for a departure ceremony of the casket of former President George H.W. Bush at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring. The Plexiglass door, right, will allow the public to see Bush’s casket as it hauled on the route. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
Family and friends attend a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The University of Texas at Austin tower is lit “41” in honor of former President George H.W. Bush on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Austin, Texas. The nation bid goodbye to Bush with high praise, cannon salutes and gentle humor Wednesday, celebrating the life of the Texan who embraced a lifetime of service in Washington and was the last president to fight for the U.S. in wartime. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP
People pay their respects as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in repose at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Visitors pay their respects to the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Ellington Field in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Ellington Field in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool
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People look from a building as they pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Steven Lowry, 7, picks through the rocks underneath the train tracks moments after the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush had passed through Pinehurst, Texas, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Many people who watched the train pass by took rocks or coins that were flattened by the train as keepsakes. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
Ryder Davis, 3, watches the memorial train for President George H.W. Bush pass through Pinehurst, Texas, atop the shoulders of his father, 27-year-old Matthew Davis, on Thursday, in Pinehurst, Texas. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush's casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
Ana Garza, of Cypress, Texas, displays coins flattened by the memorial train carrying the casket of President George H.W. Bush when it passed through Pinehurst, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. On Thursday, that same 4,300-horsepower machine left a suburban Houston railyard loaded with Bush's casket for his final journey after almost a week of ceremonies in Washington and Texas. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush leaves Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to a train at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from a hearse at Union Pacific Westfield auto facility Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Students from Salyer Elementary School wave flags as the train carrying the body of former president George H.W. Bush travels past their school on the way to Bush's final internment Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, along the route from Spring to College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)
People pay their respects as the train carrying the casket of former President George H.W. Bush passes through Navasota, Texas Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard from St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush to a hearse following his funeral service at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin's Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, leave St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston after the funeral service for his father, former President George H.W. Bush on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush from St. Martin's Episcopal Church following his funeral service Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Reba McEntire sings "The Lord's Prayer" during a funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
The Oak Ridge Boys perform during a funeral for former President George H.W. Bush at St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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