Lady Bird Johnson Remembered

First Lady of the United States (November 1963 to January 1969) Claudia "Lady Bird"Johnson will be buried next to her husband and former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in the family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, Texas today.

Johnson died at her home in Austin Wednesday at age 94. In a two-hour funeral service planned by Johnson herself, 1,800 mourners honored the former first lady through her favorite hymns and in family stories told by her two daughters, Lynda Johnson Robb and Luci Johnson Turpin and three granddaughters.

Bill Moyers said, "Lady Bird Johnson wasn't just concerned about wildflowers and beautification. Yes, she planted flowers, but she also loved democracy and saw a beauty in it. This shy little girl from Karnack, Texas, grew up to show us how to cultivate beauty in democracy. She served the beauty in democracy as she did the beauty in nature."

Johnson, who was born Claudia Alta Taylor on Dec. 22, 1912, got her nickname in infancy from a caretaker who said she was as "purty as a lady bird."

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