Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick to lie in Detroit at Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History She is survived by two children, including former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
DETROIT – Funeral arrangements are set for Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.
The former congresswoman will lie in Detroit on Monday (Oct.20) in the rotunda of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, with the public welcome from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at noon at Greater Emmanuel Church of God in Christ.
Kilpatrick, who died at 80
She is survived by two children, including former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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