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Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries.
Creola Katherine Johnson ( née Coleman; August 26, 1918 – February 24, 2020) was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. [1] [2] During her 33-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for ...
The funeral service of Lyndon B. Johnson held at National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C., on January 24, 1973. On January 22, 1973, Lyndon B. Johnson died of a heart attack. Johnson's state funeral overlapped the mourning period of another former president, Harry S. Truman, who had died one
Coordinates: 29°51′43″N 95°26′46″W. Acres Homes Multi-Service Center. Acres Homes is a neighborhood located in northwest Houston, Texas. The 9-square-mile (23 km 2) mile area is loosely bounded by the city limits and West Gulf Bank Road to the north; Pinemont Drive to the south; North Shepherd Drive to the east; and Alabonson Drive to ...
Johnson on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 's passage. Recorded July 2, 1964. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( / ˈlɪndən ˈbeɪnz /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
Three weeks before Johnson's death, the rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, her second home for over 50 years, had announced to his parishioners that she had given $300,000 to pay off the church's mortgage. Johnson's funeral was a public event. On July 15, 2007, a ceremonial cortège left the Texas State Capitol.
Jackie and Kenneth Johnson sued for defamation, and defendant's legal expenses. (dismissed – costs of $292,000 assessed against Johnson' family and their attorney) On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 10, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in ...
Felix Z. Longoria (April 16, 1920 – June 16, 1945) was an American soldier from Texas, who served in the United States Army as a private. He died during World War II and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery [1] after veterans supported his cause in a dispute over his funerary arrangements. Longoria was killed during the war, in the ...