Former president George W. Bush says US ‘better, nobler country’ because of John Lewis

John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero.

Three former presidents joined in the eulogies after nearly a week of mourning that took him from his birthplace in Alabama to the nation’s capital of Washington to his final resting place in his home of Atlanta.

“He always believed in preaching the Gospel in word and in deed, insisting that hate and fear had to be answered with love and hope,” former President George W. Bush said from the pulpit.

Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80.

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