Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political.

Four US presidents, senators, celebrities and thousands of mourners filled a Lithonia, Georgia church today to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King, praised by President George Bush as “one of the most admired Americans of our time.”