The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | PAUL COVERDELL: 1939-2000 (original) (raw)

PHOTO GALLERY OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICE
Republican and Democratic dignitaries, friends, family and staff remember a man with a noble calling. [7.23.2000]

'GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND,' COLLEAGUES SAY
Georgia Sen. Paul Coverdell was eulogized Saturday as a humble public servant who became a political giant through selfless dedication and quiet civility.[7.23.2000]

FOND MEMORIES OF A GRACIOUS MAN
Senator showed respect for all, say people who crossed his path. [7.23.2000]

SENATOR'S SUCCESSOR THE TALK IN POLITICS
The public silence surrounding the issue of succession is, in part, a show of respect in the immediate aftermath of Coverdell's death. But the political reality is that the identity of the next senator is all anyone in Georgia politics is talking about. [7.23.2000]

TOM BAXTER ON SATURDAY'S MEMORIAL SERVICE
When all the seats had been filled and the carefully planned service begun Saturday, the church seemed in a nearly perfect state of equipoise between sincere grief and frank ambition. [7.23.2000]

JIM WOOTEN ON THE SENATOR'S SUCCESSOR
Show respect for the senator by choosing an appropriate successor. [7.23.2000]

COVERDELL'S LIFE: A HISTORY OF SERVICE
View a special interactive look at the late senator's life and service in the Georgia and U.S. Senates. [7.22.2000]

A SOLEMN DAY TO REMEMBER
Georgians gathered at the state Capitol for a quiet day to remember Sen. Paul Coverdell, who lay in state there Friday.[7.22.2000]

A 'UNIFIED' GEORGIA PAYS TRIBUTE
Friday's rotunda ceremony was low-key, befitting the senator's style. [7.22.2000]

RETURN TO A CAREER'S BEGINNING
The body of Paul Coverdell will rest Friday at the state Capitol, where senator's public life began.[7.21.2000]

COVERDELL TO LIE IN STATE AT GA. CAPITOL
The body of Sen. Paul Coverdell will lie in state in the Georgia Capitol on Friday. He will be memorialized Saturday at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. [7.20.2000]

LEWIS DROPS WHIP RACE, WOULD ACCEPT SEAT
Rep. John Lewis acknowledges he would accept an appointment -- if offered -- to Coverdell's Senate seat, after giving up majority whip race.[7.20.2000]

TOM BAXTER ON REPLACING COVERDELL
Rep. John Lewis' expression of interest Wednesday in the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Paul Coverdell won't be the last in the next few days.[7.20.2000]

HOSPITAL EXPLAINS MEDIA CHAOS
The confusion surrounding initial reports of Sen. Coverdell's death weren't intentional, says a Piedmont Hospital spokeswoman.[7.20.2000]

SENATE PRAISES, MOURNS COLLEAGUE
With tears and heavy hearts, members of Congress mourn Sen. Paul Coverdell.[7.20.2000]

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
November election will determine who will fill Senate seat.[7.20.2000]

COLLEAGUES MOURN SOFT-SPOKEN GEORIGIAN
Paul Coverdell, a former director of the Peace Corps and Georgia's senior U.S. senator, died Tuesday of complications resulting from a massive stroke. Coverdell, 61, was pronounced dead at Piedmont Hospital at 6:10 p.m., 29 hours after undergoing emergency surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. [7.19.2000]

'HE WAS A GREAT, GREAT MAN'
For three decades, as a Georgia lawmaker, state party leader, Peace Corps director and U.S. senator, Paul Coverdell was the man people went to.[7.19.2000]

TOM BAXTER: LOSS OF COVERDELL IS A BLOW
As a final judgment on the effectiveness of Paul Coverdell's public career, consider the several vacancies that have to be filled due to his untimely demise.[7.19.2000]

POLITICIANS PAY TRIBUTE TO COVERDELL'S LIFE
Politicians, from the President to the Atlanta mayor, remember Paul Coverdell.[7.19.2000]

ATLANTA CONSTITUTION EDITORIAL
Georgia's senior U.S. senator had made a name for himself in Washington as a workhorse and was pulling his share of the leadership load there -- and then some -- until he was stricken.[7.19.2000]

MEDIA SCRAMBLE TO BE ACCURATE
Several local TV and radio newsrooms were caught in the embarrassing position of retracting initial stories of Sen. Paul Coverdell's death Tuesday night, minutes after a hospital spokeswoman denied those reports.[7.19.2000]

STUNNED U.S. CAPITOL MOURNS
The mood inside the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night was somber and nearly silent, as the U.S. Capitol Police set the flag on top of the building at half-staff.[7.19.2000]