Bush family releases details on Barbara Bush's funeral, public visitation

Barbara Pierce Bush, the fiercely loyal, yet independently strong wife of one U.S. president and mother of another, died Tuesday surrounded by her family at her west Houston home. She was 92.Julie Takahashi, Houston Chronicle

The funeral details for former first lady Barbara Bush have been released on her website after her death Tuesday evening.

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The public will be able to pay respects on Friday from noon to midnight at St. Martin's Church, 717 Sage Road in Houston. People are asked to first go the Second Baptist Church campus to park and go through security. Shuttle services will be provided to and from St. Martin's Church.

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Barbara Bush reads to first-graders April 17, 1998, at Paradise Elementary School in Las Vegas.CLINT KARLSEN/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Dan Quayle and Marilyn Quayle, right, stand with George Bush and Barbara Bush on the podium at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans in Aug. 18, 1988.RON EDMONDS/AP

Former First Lady Barbara Bush smiles at a student during a visit to Gaffney Elementary School in New Britain, Conn., Sept. 8, 2003, part of her efforts to promote literacy.JOHNATHON HENNINGER/The New Britain Herald

Barbara Bush, left, and Nancy Reagan sit with their husbands, Vice President George Bush and President Reagan during a luncheon at the White House in 1988.Doug Mills/AP

Pope John Paul II presents Barbara Bush with a Vatican Medal as President George H.W. Bush looks at his medal during a ceremony at the Vatican, on May 27, 1989.RON EDMONDS/AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush inspects the upholstery of a chair while touring the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, on Sept. 19, 1998, before dedication ceremonies of the new children's hospital.JOAN SEIDEL/AP

Barbara Bush sits at the side of Jeb Bush during his campaign for governor of Florida at a political rally in Hillsborough, Fla., on Oct. 21, 1998.ROBERT BURKE/Tampa Tribune

Barbara Bush and her son, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, go over eighth-grader Ashley Thompson's reading assignment during the dedication of Barbara Bush Middle School in the Northeast Independent School District on Oct. 26, 1998, in San Antonio.JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-News

Barbara Bush hugs Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, before the start of the Republican Women Leaders Forum dinner at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington on May 11, 1999.DOUG MILLS/AP

Barbara Bush talks with journalists during a visit to her son's presidential campaign headquarters in Austin on Dec. 2, 1999. A photo of the candidate hangs in background.HARRY CABLUCK/AP

President George Bush and first lady Barbara Bush pose with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, as they arrive for the state dinner at the White House in Washington in May 31, 1990,J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP

Barbara Bush, mother of George W. Bush, tries to quite the crowd before she addresses the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on Aug. 1, 2000.STEPHAN SAVOIA/AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush, left, talks about the condition of her husband, as cardiologist Mark Hausknecht, center, listens during a news conference at Methodist Hospital on Feb. 25, 2000 in Houston.DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush listens as her husband, speaks to the crowd gathered at the front of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2002, during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Eisenhower presidency.RYAN SODERLIN/The Salina Journal

Former first lady Barbara Bush, right, smiles as he talks with Larry King during a live broadcast interview about her book Reflections: Life After the White House on Oct. 22, 2003, in Houston. — Former first lady Barbara Bush, right, smiles as he talks with Larry King during a live broadcast interview about her book *Reflections: Life After the White House* on Oct. 22, 2003, in Houston.
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Barbara Bush throws out the ceremonial-first pitch before Game 4 of the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on Oct, 17, 2004 in Houston.James Nielson/Houston Chronicle

President Bush, first lady Laura Bush, former first lady Barbara Bush, and former President Bush are surrounded by family in the Red Room of the White House on Jan. 6, 2005, to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary of former President Bush and Mrs. Bush. Also pictured are, from left are, Georgia Grace Koch, Margaret Bush, Walker Bush, Marvin Bush, Jenna Bush, Doro Koch, Barbara Bush, Robert P. Koch, Pierce M. Bush, Maria Bush, Neil Bush, Ashley Bush, Sam LeBlond, Robert Koch, Nancy Ellis LeBlond, John Ellis Bush, Jr., Florida Gov. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, Mandi Bush, George P. Bush, and Columba Bush.ERIC DRAPER/AP/WHITE HOUSE

President Bush leans over to listen to his mother as he holds a discussion on "Senior Security" in Atlanta, Ga., on July 22, 2005.CHARLES DHARAPAK/AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush listens to an essay written by Lukas Greene on July 26, 2005 in Omaha, Neb. Bush was in Omaha to tour a traveling Smithsonian exhibition that explores the duties of presidential wives and examines the nation's fascination with first ladies.DAVE WEAVER/*HFI*, AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush, left, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Houston Mayor Bill White and Sen. Barack Obama listen to former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton during a press conference Sept. 5, 2005, in Houston.PAT SULLIVAN/AP

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife wave to friends in the crowd during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 2, 2008.Jae C. Hong/AP

Former first lady Barbara Bush attends the Republican National Convention on Sept. 2, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.Scott Olson/Getty Images

Barbara Bush speaks at a dedication ceremony for the George and Barbara Bush Center at the University of New England, in Biddeford, Maine, on Oct. 3, 2008.Robert F. Bukaty/AP

Barbara Bush walks with Ron Girotto, CEO of The Methodist Hospital, during the Leading Care for Women Symposium on Nov, 7, 2008 where the former first lady was the keynote speaker.RICHARD CARSON/THE METHODIST HOSPITAL

Former first lady Barbara Bush, shown in this 1997 file photo, will be honored by having a new science and technology building at Columbia College named after her. Mrs. Bush is scheduled to attend the Oct. 29 dedication ceremony, the school said Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1997. PHILIP BARR/The Birmingham News

The parking lot at Second Baptist Church will be open at 10 a.m. and shuttles will start running at 11:30 a.m.

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Bush's funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 21. It will be by invitation only and guests are asked to go to the Second Baptist Church for security screening. They will then be shuttled to St. Martin's Church.

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On both days, no one will be allowed to drive to St. Martin's Church.

Bush family releases details on Barbara Bush's funeral, public visitation

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