Ray Charles Memorial Service

Ray Charles Memorial Service Soul Music Pioneer Honored toggle caption Institute of Jazz Studies Soul music pioneer Ray Charles died Thursday, June 10, at 73. Participants in his memorial service, held Friday, June 18, included Clint Eastwood, B.B. PROGRAM Processional Invocation: Reverend Leonard Jackson Music: "Georgia on My Mind" Ray Charles Scriptures: Old Testament, Psalms 23 read by Reverend Robert Robinson, Sr., Greater Faith Ministries; New Testament, I Corinthians 15:51-58, read by Reverend Jesse Jackson Musical Selection: The Lord's Prayer, Ms. Susaye Greene Musical Selection: "City Called Heaven" The Crenshaw High School Elite Choir Acknowledgements: Ms. Cicely Tyson Musical Selection: "Precious Lord" David "Fathead" Newman Remarks: The Honorable Julian Bond, Vice Chairman NAACP Musical Selection: "My Buddy" Ray Charles Sponsor Message Musical Selection: "Where Could I Go But to the Lord" Glen Campbell Remarks: Mr. Joe Adams on behalf of Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones and President William Jefferson Clinton A Fond Farewell: Mr. Clint Eastwood Musical Selection: "Georgia on My Mind" Willie Nelson Resolutions: Reverend Joyce Randall Musical Selection: "I Won't Complain" Stevie Wonder Obituary: Read Silently over Ray Charles' recorded version of "America" Musical Selection: "Please Accept My Love" B.B. King Words of Comfort: Reverend Cecil L. Murray Musical Selection: "Old Rugged Cross" and "Down by the Riverside" Wynton Marsalis Parting View Recessional: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Pallbearers: James Austin, John Burk, Tony Gumina, William Lippert, Charles Mays, Billy Osborne, Damian Ross, Raymond Shivers Honorary Pallbearers: Joe Adams, Lt. Fred Booker, Chief William J. Bratton, Ahmet Ertegun, Don Fischel, Carl Foster, Peter Funsten, Nate Holden, Quincy Jones, Peter Montgomery, Robert Pineda, Jack Revel Master of Ceremonies: Joe Adams