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[Newspaper Clipping: Most Businesses Will Be Closed All Day Saturday]

Description: Newspaper clipping about businesses being close on Saturday because of Sam Rayburn's funeral services. The cafe will be open except during the funeral services and drug store will be open till 11 a.m. to handle prescriptions business. On the back of the clipping is a portion of an article about a church event.
Date: unknown
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Newspaper Clipping: Services Televised]

Description: Newspaper clipping about Sam Rayburn's funeral services being televised. The crowd cheered for President Kennedy, as he rode in a closed limousine through town, to the church. There were thousands of people that came to Bonham to attend the funeral in this small town. On the back of the clipping are portions of three comic strips.
Date: unknown
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Newspaper Clipping: Death Claims 'Miss Lu']

Description: Newspaper clipping about Lucinda Rayburn dies in her home at the age of eighty-two. The newspaper clipping describes arrangement of funeral services, her life, her influence on Sam Rayburn's career. There are several articles on the back, discussing various topics.
Date: May 27, 1957
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[Newspaper Clipping: Bonhamites Urged to Keep Cars at Home Saturday]

Description: Newspaper clipping about Bonhamites being urge by the Chief of Police O.R. McKissack for them to cars at home on Saturday. The urge by the Chief is to ensure enough parking for the visitors for the funeral services of Sam Rayburn. On the back of the newspaper clipping there is a partial article about Tom Briley trio performing at the Church of the Nazarene.
Date: unknown
Partner: Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

[News Script: Rayburn funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about leaders around the nation who came to pay a last tribute to Sam Rayburn, who died of cancer.
Date: November 18, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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