Farewell To Coretta Scott King

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 their mother, Coretta Scott King, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 in Lithonia, Ga.

President Bush, center, praises the life of Coretta Scott King during homegoing services at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 in Lithonia, Ga.

From left to right, President Bush, first lady Laura Bush, former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., President Bush's father, former President George H. W. Bush, former President Jimmy Carter during funeral services for Coretta Scott King at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 in Lithonia, Ga.

Maya Angelou speaks during the funeral services for Coretta Scott King at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006. At rear is President Bush and first lady Laura Bush.

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. Simons, of Smyrna, Ga., was standing in line to attend the Coretta Scott King homegoing ceremony. Thousands waited for one last chance to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King at a final viewing and then the funeral for the "first lady of the civil rights movement."

Azriel Dennison, 8, (left front) waits with her cousin Nash Alexander, 11, right, and his mother Nicole Alexander, right rear, to attend the Coretta Scott King funeral ceremony at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006.

People watch from across the street as an Atlanta Police honor guard brings the casket of Coretta Scott King into the historic Ebenezer Church in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, for a public viewing. The new Ebenezer Church can be seen in the background.

Two mourners react as they view the casket of Coretta Scott King as she lies in honor in the historic Ebenezer Church in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006.

A line of mourners files past the casket of Coretta Scott King as she lies in honor in the historic Ebenezer Church in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006.

A child is comforted as he views the casket of Coretta Scott King as she lies in honor in the historic Ebenezer Church in Atlanta on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006.

Oprah Winfrey sings during a musical tribute to Coretta Scott King at the new Ebenezer Church on Auburn Ave. in Atlanta Monday, Feb. 6, 2006.

The Rev. Joseph Lowery, left, who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with Martin Luther King Jr., and former Atlanta mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, second from left, join others in prayer during the dedication of a stretch of County Road 29 in honor of Coretta Scott King, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, in front of Mount Tabor AME Zion Church in Marion, Ala.

The American flag and the Georgia state flag fly at half-staff in front of Miss Liberty at the top of the Georgia Capitol as Coretta Scott King lies in honor in the Rotunda in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

A Georgia State Patrol honor guard, left, comes to attention as a horse drawn carriage carrying the body of Coretta Scott King arrives at the steps of the Capitol to lie in honor in the Rotunda in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

From left to right, the Rev. Bernice King, Dexter King, Martin Luther King III and Yolanda King watch as the casket of their mother, Coretta Scott King, is brought up the steps of the Capitol to lie in honor in the Rotunda in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

Georgia State Patrol honor guard members carry Coretta Scott King to lie in honor in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

From left to right, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Bernice King, Dexter Scott King and Yolanda King look on as Coretta Scott King lies in honor in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

Naomi King, widow of the Rev. A.D. King, leans over to kiss Coretta Scott King, as, from left to right, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Bernice King, Christine King Farris, and her husband, Isaac Farris, look on in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

Coretta Scott King lies in honor in the Rotunda at the Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.

The line of people waiting to pay their respects to Coretta Scott King winds around the block from the Georgia Capitol, as her casket lies in honor in the Rotunda in Atlanta on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006.