U.S. Rep. Julia Carson's funeral: 'She touched so many' , a voice for justice

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Julia Carson | 1938-2007

Carson, the first black and first woman to represent Indianapolis in Congress, died of lung cancer Dec. 15 at her Indianapolis home. She was 69.

The four-hour service at Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis was followed by a procession to Crown Hill Cemetery, where a military presentation featuring a rifle salute preceded her burial.

Gov. Mitch Daniels, Sens. Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar, former Sen. Birch Bayh and Mayor Bart Peterson were among about two dozen people who spoke during the service about the impact Carson had on their lives and on the lives of others.
Peterson said that before he ran for mayor, he flew to Washington, D.C., for Carson's blessing.

"I would not have been elected without her," he said. "What may be less known is that I couldn't have done this job without her guidance."

State Rep. Bill Crawford, D-Indianapolis, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said it was Carson who urged him to run for public office.

"I'd never thought of it," Crawford said. "Julia saw in me something I hadn't seen."

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What a wonderful human being. God Bless Her.