 Family, Admirers Lay Sen. Helms to Rest
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July 08, 2008
PlusFamily, Admirers Lay Sen. Helms to RestFamily, Admirers Lay Sen. Helms to RestThe Associated PressHundreds remembered the life and work of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms Tuesday at his funeral service in Raleigh. The five-term Republican died on the Fourth of July. (July 8)SOT: singing Inside Raleigh's Barton Baptist Church Tuesday there was much song .. SOT: singing Much prayer .. SOT: almighty God And much praise for a one-time Raleigh newspaperman turned Senator -- who died ... on the Fourth of July.SOT: we have come to this place to celebrate the life, and mourn the death of Jesse Alexander Helms Junior Jesse Helms -- the five term U.S. Senator had worshipped here for decades ... But it was his decades in the Senate where Helms was revered as a stalwart of conservative politics -- A man who could sometimes be polarizing, but always engaging. SOT: Jennifer Knox, Granddaughter? one things grandad always said is you can compromise your preferences, but never your principals .. And he never did. And the pews were not only filled with close family and close friends, but those he had become close with professionally. SOT: McConnell: over the years, anyone who passed by jesse Helms in the capitol, or worked in his office, would remember him as one of the kindest men they ever knew. Helms had been in declining health in his years ... His family had recently moved him into a convalescent center SOT: I think the greatest thing my grandfather gave me was the lesson of love -- he loved the lord, he loved his country, and he loved his family Helms never lost a political race. He was 86. ___ ___, The Associated Press. Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: helms family admirers lay sen. Added: July 8, 2008
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