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In reply to the discussion: I have to say that Barbara Bush's funeral service is as [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(71,650 posts)44. Oh, that's a great tune.
From a great movie:
I haven't been watching the funeral. Here's one from a few years ago:
At 14:37 (t=877), look for former Washington Post executive Boisfeuillet Jones Jr.
Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones Jr. (/ˈboʊfəleɪ/ BOH-fə-lay; born 1946) was president and chief executive officer of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions in Arlington, Virginia. He was former Vice Chairman of The Washington Post Company and Chairman of The Washington Post board from 2008 until December 31, 2011. From 2000 to 2008 he was publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post.
Early life
Jones was born in Atlanta in 1946 to Boisfeuillet Jones Sr., a philanthropist, and Laura Coit Jones. Anne Baynon Register Jones became his step-mother following the death of his mother and the marriage of his father to Anne Register. Jones went to high school at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and later received an A.B. in 1968 from Harvard College, where he was president of The Harvard Crimson and a member of the Spee Club. At both St. Albans and Harvard he was two years behind Donald E. Graham, his future employer. He attended Exeter College, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and received a D.Phil. in modern history. He received his J.D. in 1974 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
He reads from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3, verses 1 through 11. This is my favorite Bible passage, and it is the one that everyone knows. For a reading at a funeral, you can't go wrong with this.
Boisfeuillet "Bo" Jones Jr. is reading from the English Standard Version.
Ecclesiastes 3, English Standard Version
I had read that passage myself at my mother's funeral barely a month earlier, though I believe I stopped at verse 8. I read from the King James Version.
Ecclesiastes 3, King James Version
My mother was the same age as Barbara Bush when she died.
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I remember that song/hymn being played at funerals in Texas when I was growing up.
CTyankee
Apr 2018
#8
I like 'Fight the Good Fight' as a hymn. That was my grandfather's favourite.
applegrove
Apr 2018
#87
Yes, and she got to choose the music, too. I didn't like it but she did,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#9
Former blackout drunk, haven't had or wanted a drink for 37years but for Trump....
argyl
Apr 2018
#80
Though it was an Episcopal service I was confused with the Apostles Creed. At the end of it
monmouth4
Apr 2018
#46
I'm a faithful watcher of The Tudors and Henry VIII reminds me so much of you know who, it's
monmouth4
Apr 2018
#67
Except that Henry was educated and cultured. He wrote music and poetry
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#68
One of my ancestors with Catholic leanings, Sir John Hussey was beheaded during reign of Henry VIII
wishstar
Apr 2018
#76