Billy Graham, the evangelist and presidential pastor who died this week, will become the fourth private citizen to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, lawmakers announced Thursday. “It’s not his style to have that kind of attention paid to him,” Mark DeMoss, a spokesman for the family, said of Mr. Graham. It is generally reserved for presidents, lawmakers and soldiers, who lie in state. Graham” for his “long and distinguished service to the nation.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFranklin Graham posted on Twitter, saying, “My father would be honored.”Mr. Graham will lie in honor for two days, Wednesday and Thursday, Mr. Ryan said in a news release. His pine plywood coffin with a wooden cross was made by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2018 00:33 UTC