Prayers and Hymns Accompanied "Lady Bird" Johnson at Her Death
"I do know that there is something hereafter, because all this has been too significant, too magnificent, for there not to be something after. Heaven, to me, is a mystery, a place I'll know what all this—the events of my life—meant."
(Austin, Texas)—Mourners this week are remembering former first lady, "Lady Bird" Johnson, who passed away at the age of 94 in Austin, Texas, while family and friends sang a hymn and prayed at her bedside.
Of her, evangelist Billy Graham said: "Lady Bird Johnson was a wonderful woman devoted to her husband, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was one of the greatest women I have ever known." (Photo: LBJ Library Photo, File)
"Even though death scenes are not exactly enjoyable...the meaning of it was so beautiful, the faith of these people," said the Rev. Bob Scott, a friend of the family who was called to the former first lady's Austin home on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. "The Holy Spirit sort of works with us once in a while, gets us to do what we should do at the proper moment and for the proper situation. I felt myself blessed to be there."
As reported in the Christian Post, Johnson was quoted as saying she believed in heaven. "I do know that there is something hereafter, because all this has been too significant, too magnificent, for there not to be something after," she said. "Heaven, to me, is a mystery, a place I'll know what all this—the events of my life—meant."
