Schedule of tributes, funeral

Subsequent coverage
Dec. 13 | Dec. 14 | Dec. 15 | Dec. 16

State of mourning

[AP photo: Don Edgar]

Chiles' last journey to recall his famous first

Gov. Buddy MacKay at Sunday's press conference. [AP photo: Mark Foley] MacKay steps into awkward 23 days "There's no great pleasure in this," he says of becoming Florida's 42nd governor. His statement'

• He-Coon' walked own path We were flying over the sparkling Florida Keys during the 1990 campaign when the radio crackled in the tiny private plane. [Tim Nickens] • A man of and for the people It surely confounded many of today's modern, media-savvy politicians that someone whose speeches often sounded so homespun and awkward could win as many elections as Lawton Chiles did. [Martin Dyckman] • Chiles had faith in politics and trust in the voters [Howard Troxler] • The governor's legacy Gov. Lawton Chiles helped make Florida a better and more decent place for all of us. [Editorial] • Words from the heart of a He-Coon • Funeral plans

Chiles to get 200 miles of farewells
Gov. Buddy MacKay orders state offices to close Wednesday, the day of the late governor's funeral. Story

Lawton Chiles 1930-1998

In the state capitol rotunda, Dee Dee Rasmussen writes a note as a memory for the family of Lawton Chiles. [AP photo: Mark Foley]

Hundreds line roads for Chiles

Walkin' with Lawton: Marie McMurray, 72, of Century said, "This is where he started it all. And this is where he is ending it." Story [Times photo: Jonathan Newton]
• Funeral schedule

STATE Gore, MacKay to speak at funeral TALLAHASSEE -- Vice President Al Gore will deliver a eulogy at the funeral for Gov. Lawton Chiles, and is among several national figures who will attend the service. USF, HCC close today for day of mourning State offices and most courts are closed today, an official day of mourning for the late Gov. Lawton Chiles. Mother prays for girl's savior QUINCY -- In the dirt-floor shacks and migrant labor camps that surround the county seat of rural Gadsden County, Lawton Chiles left his mark. Famous and not-so-famous offer words of condolence Florida's Crackers lose a kinsman [Bill Maxwell]

Widow Rhea Chiles is escorted into the Capitol building. [Times photo: Jonathan Newton] Chiles children embrace as their father's casket is removed from the hearse. [Times photo: Jonathan Newton] More photos of Lawton Chiles' final journey through Florida

Previous coverage of the death of Lawton Chiles

Gov. Lawton Chiles' flag-draped pine coffin is carried into
Faith Presbyterian Church.
[Times photo: Bill Serne]
Florida salutes Chiles
on his final walk

awton Chiles closed the gap between powerful politicians and ordinary Floridians one last time Wednesday. Vice President Al Gore and other political leaders joined hundreds of residents from throughout the state at the funeral for the governor and former U.S. senator who moved easily between the halls of government and the backroads of Florida. The two-hour service at the red-brick Faith Presbyterian Church celebrated the various sides of Chiles, from his determination to help children and fight tobacco to his love of pranks and the outdoors. The tributes by his former colleagues, friends and family members inspired a mix of laughter, applause and tears. "...if you disappointed us at all," said Buddy MacKay, his friend and colleague who is serving out the rest of Chiles' term., "it was only that you left us too early." The full story

Family, colleagues and friends follow Chiles' casket out of the church following funeral service. [Times photo: Jonathan Newton] STATE Mourning with joy for a life well-lived They took the body of Gov. Lawton Chiles out of Faith Presbyterian Church to the strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, that grand, final movement of his Ninth Symphony, trumpets blaring. [Lucy Morgan] Mansion opens its doors, heart for one last goodbye Overflow crowd bids farewell to man they admired Continue Chiles' work for children [Editorial]

Followup stories Bush proposes to honor Chiles $2-billion from tobacco settlements would aid children and seniors. [1/21/99] Lawmakers hope to mark trail of 'Walkin' Lawton' Florida has a Buccaneer Trail, an Old Spanish Trail and a Florida Cracker Trail. Now, if two state lawmakers have their way, there will be a Lawton Chiles Trail. [1/21/99]