Detroit, MI
Former congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lying in state at Wright Museum
Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lie in state on Monday at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History for a daylong visitation ahead of her funeral on Wednesday.
Cheeks Kilpatrick, 80, died on Oct. 7 following a long illness, family and friends said.
The mother of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick served seven terms in Congress and nine terms in the Michigan House of Representatives as a Democrat. She left office at the end of 2010 after losing reelection in a Democratic primary.
Cheeks Kilpatrick’s funeral is planned to begin at noon on Wednesday at Greater Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, 19190 Schaefer Hwy., on Detroit’s west side.
Monday’s visitation was scheduled from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the museum, 315 E. Warren.