FUNERAL PROGRAM
Processional
Invocation: Reverend Leonard Jackson
Scriptures: Old Testament, Psalms 23 read by Reverend Robert
Robinson, Sr., Greater Faith Ministries; New Testament, I Corinthians 15:51-58, read by Reverend Jesse Jackson
Musical Selection: The Lord's Prayer, Ms. Susaye Greene
Musical Selection: The Crenshaw High School Elite Choir
Acknowledgements: Ms. Cicely Tyson
Musical Selection: Mr. Billy Preston
Remarks: The Honorable Julian Bond, Vice Chairman NAACP
Musical Selection: Mr. Glen Campbell
Remarks: Mr. Joe Adams on behalf of Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones
and President William Jefferson Clinton
A Fond Farewell: Mr. Clint Eastwood
Musical Selection: Mr. Willie Nelson
Resolutions: Reverend Joyce Randall
Musical Selection: Mr. Stevie Wonder
Obituary: Read Silently over Ray Charles version of "America"
Musical Selection:Mr. B.B. King
Words of Comfort: Reverend Cecil L. Murray
Musical Selection:Wynton Marsalis
Parting View
Recessional: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (duet recently recorded
by Ray Charles and Johnny Mathis)
Pallbearers: James Austin, John Burk, Tony Gumina, William Lippert,
Charles Mays, Billy Osborne, Damian Ross, Raymond Shivers
Honorary Pallbearers: Joe Adams, Lt. Fred Booker, Chief William
J. Bratton, Ahmet Ertegun, Don Fischel, Carl Foster, Peter Funsten, Nate Holden, Quincy Jones, Peter Montgomery, Robert Pineda,
Jack Revel
Master of Ceremonies: Joe Adams