Nancy Thurmond, the widdow of former Senator Strom Thurmond (L), stands
with her son J. Strom Thurmond Jr. outside the First Baptist Church
before funeral services in Columbia, South Carolina, July 1, 2003. He
died June 26, 2003 at age 100. Thurmond served 48 years in the United
States Senate, the longest serving senator in the nation's history. He
will be buried in his home town of Edgefield, South Carolina.
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