AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of people are lining up to pay their respects to former Gov. Mark White as he lies in state at the Texas Capitol.
White’s coffin was draped with a Texas flag on Thursday and displayed in the rotunda beneath his gubernatorial portrait, which was partially draped with a black shroud. Two Texas state troopers and an American flag stood nearby.
Mourners joined a line that ran most of the length of a long, marble-floored hallway to be greeted by White’s relatives before filing past his coffin.
White was a lawyer and Democrat who served one term as Texas governor, from 1983 until early 1987. He battled kidney cancer and died Saturday at age 77.
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White was set to be buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.