Molly's Funeral: Friends, family remember Ivins' humor, relentlessness

[Horse with no Name]

I wish I could have been there,:(
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AUSTIN – Texas journalist Molly Ivins was relentless in pursuing justice and defending the powerless, yet never lost her optimism and sense of fun, family and friends said as they celebrated her life Sunday.

In a lively, laughter-filled church memorial service that featured gospel singers and finished with Austin blues musician Marcia Ball performing "Great Balls of Fire," hundreds of admirers clapped and cheered Ivins' words and spirit.

Ivins, who died Wednesday at age 62 after a long battle with breast cancer, smiled down on the crowd from a portrait at the front of First United Methodist Church as numerous friends read from her writings and told funny stories of their adventures with her.

Her friend Linda Lewis brought the crowd to its feet in long applause when she repeated one particular quip from Ivins: "The next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please, pay attention."

edited to add link:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/020407dntexivinsmemorial.4f7fb6f1.html

[ellenfl]

1. do you have a link or was that all of it? eom

[Horse with no Name]

4. So sorry

internet connection dropped. Link added.

[ellenfl]

9. thanks, molly was my hero. i will miss her so.

all we have left (female) is mo dowd, and she does not have molly's joie de vivre.

ellen fl

[Hissyspit]

2. Link?

[Horse with no Name]

5. Sorry. See post #4.

:)

[Morgana LaFey]

3. By gum, THAT's the way to have a funeral, I'd say.

Sounds like a party, a wonderful, wonderful party where the guest of honor just couldn't quite make it.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

6. K&R

She was the best . . . in a whole lotta ways.:patriot:

[XOKCowboy]

7. I have a friend who was there...

His company donated the light and sound equipment. He's promised me souvenirs. Sure would have liked to have been there.

[Vexatious Ape]

8. I will truly miss her writing.

Nobody could turn a phrase like that women could. Nobody could rip Bush's balls off so poetically.