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Dewania Kyles remembers her father Rev. Samuel “Billy” Kyles

Friends, family and the community will come together to remember Reverend Samuel “Billy” Kyles on Thursday.

Visitation for the Civil Rights icon will be tonight from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the National Civil Rights Museum.

Another visitation will be held Friday at the Mason Temple.

The funeral will be Saturday at Monumental Baptist Church.

The 81-year-old, who died last week, served as the Pastor at Monumental for 55 years.

Kyles was also a witness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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