And on Thursday, the 12-year-old got to honor the late civil rights leader with a poem at Lewis' private funeral in Atlanta. "John Lewis was my hero and my friend," Faw said before reading Lewis ...

ATLANTA -- At the Thursday funeral of civil rights ... remembered Lewis reciting the poem around the house, according to the Washington Post. "John Lewis was my hero and my friend.

Georgia funeral Thursday morning, 12-year-old Tybre Faw of Johnson City, Tennessee read aloud a poem. It wasn't the first time Faw crossed paths with Lewis. Faw, who first met his hero Lewis at a ...

Now, if you Google “funeral poem” you’ll likely find Frye’s “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep” among the top results. The poem’s appeal lies primarily in its simplicity. Its premise—one of death as ...

Jagger — who dated the late star for 13 years — also involved his own family in the funeral. Poems were shared by Jagger's daughter Karis, as well as by Ellen Barkin, the insider tells Us.