Robin Roberts' Mother Lucimarian's Visitation Service Draws Hundreds

Robin Roberts Breaks Silence Over Loss Of Her Mother
This 2006 photo released by ABC shows "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts, right, with her mother Lucimarian Roberts on the set in New York. Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said 88-year-old Lucimarian Roberts died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ABC's Facebook page said Robins traveled "home to Mississippi just in time to see her." The death came on the same day Roberts said goodbye to her co-workers and audience before starting medical leave for a bone marrow transplant. Her departure had been set for Friday. But in a last-minute change of plans she told her viewers she was leaving a day early to visit her ailing mother. WABC-TV said Lucimarian Roberts was the first African-American to head Mississippi's board of education. She also collaborated with her daughter on a book titled, "My Story, My Song: Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith." (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik)
This 2006 photo released by ABC shows "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts, right, with her mother Lucimarian Roberts on the set in New York. Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said 88-year-old Lucimarian Roberts died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. ABC's Facebook page said Robins traveled "home to Mississippi just in time to see her." The death came on the same day Roberts said goodbye to her co-workers and audience before starting medical leave for a bone marrow transplant. Her departure had been set for Friday. But in a last-minute change of plans she told her viewers she was leaving a day early to visit her ailing mother. WABC-TV said Lucimarian Roberts was the first African-American to head Mississippi's board of education. She also collaborated with her daughter on a book titled, "My Story, My Song: Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith." (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik)

Hundreds turned out to honor Robin Roberts' late mother Lucimarian at a visitation on Tuesday.

Lucimarian Roberts died at 88 last Thursday, just as her daughter was due to begin a long and painful treatment for the rare bone marrow disorder MDS. Robin rushed back to her mother's Mississippi home to be with her in her final hours.

Lucimarian Roberts was a major Mississippi figure in her own right.

On Sunday, Robin Roberts broke her silence about her loss in a tweet:

On Tuesday, she sent another tweet, thanking her fans for their condolences:

The Sun-Herald reported that "Good Morning America" anchors Sam Champion, Lara Spencer and Josh Elliott flew to Mississippi for the service.

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