George Floyd’s life will be remembered and honored in a second memorial service on Saturday in Raeford, North Carolina. His body will then go to Houston, Texas.
RAEFORD, N. C. — George Floyd’s life will be remembered and honored in a second memorial service Saturday, this time in Raeford, North Carolina, near where he was born. The memorial will consist of a public viewing and private family service and is expected to be both a celebration of his life and a mourning of a man whose death at the hands of police has sparked protests nationwide and calls for an end to racial injustice. Approximately 15,000 people went to Raeford (a small North Carolina town with a population of about 5,000 people) to pay their respects to George Floyd. The service began shortly after 3 p.m. with church clergy and Floyd’s family proceeding down the aisle of Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters. Rev. C David Stackhouse began the service with a call to worship. He said in his talks with the family they told him how important it was for everybody to come together to worship the Lord. Next, Will Harris, the Minister of Music at Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist church lead the service in a rendition of Total Praise.
