Former presidents, family, friends bid farewell to Barbara Bush

Former US presidents, family and friends today bid a tearful farewell to the former first lady Barbara Bush at a private funeral at the nation's largest Episcopal church and remembered her as the "first lady of the greatest generation."
The private funeral was held at the St Martin's Episcopal Church here a day after more than 6,000 people paid their respects to the woman known by many as "America's matriarch."
Trump, who is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida for the weekend, extended his "thoughts and prayers" to the Bush family via Twitter and said he planned to watch Barbara Bush's funeral service from the "Southern White House."

"She was candid and comforting," Meacham said, adding that she "kept everything and everyone together."
Earlier at the public viewing Friday night, attendees received a remembrance card with a statement from Bush that read, George Bush and I have been the two luckiest people in the world, and when all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family and friends."