INDIANOLA, Miss. — More than 500 people lined up to fill the sanctuary of Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church in King’s adopted hometown of Indianola Saturday afternoon.
B.B. King’s drummer of 37-years, Tony ‘TC’ Coleman said, “On a day that began with rain, the skies cleared to welcome the king of blues.”
In the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the world honored a man from a sharecropper in the cotton fields to a global blues legend.
It was only fitting that B.B. King’s funeral was filled with music and memories sent from friends such as Stevie Wonder.
Family, friends and fellow musicians filed past King’s casket covered with a large arrangement of red roses and an image of Lucille inside it.
Swiss Musician Silvan Zinng says “I played with B.B. King and to go here with his family, it’s just a great honor for me.”
King is remembered as a man from humble beginnings who went on to inspire musicians and singers for more than 60 years.
