OTIS FUNERAL

OTIS REDDING FUNERAL

18 décembre 1967, Macon (Géorgie)

MACON CIVIC AUDITORIUM

Compliments of Radio Station WAOK - KESSLER'S RECORD DEPT.

Photo's by COUNT JACKSON


Young and old loved the "BIG O" and came to see him for the last time	Many had to wait in long lines

Record Company executive and former singer Joe Medlin arrives	Little old lady who played the prelude

Singer Joe Tex arriving	Wilson Pickett arriving

Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson arriving Senator Johnson was Otis' attorney	Singer Percy Sledge arriving

Atlanta's Arthur Conley who owes his succes to the "Big O"	John Richbourg, knows as "John R" Disc Jockey WLAC, Nashville, Tenn.

Singer Rufus Thomas with Eddie Purrel	Phil Walden, Otis' manager and school mate talks to friends as he enter the auditorium


Disc Jockey Buddy Lowe from Houston, Texas	The Mighty Hannibal, Eddie Purrell, and Johnnie Taylor pay tribute to a friend

Dick Allen, Universal Attractions (Left) Entertainer Eddie Purrell	Entertainer Little Sputnick, Disk Jockey Shelly Stewart, and Atlanta radio executive Kathy Lewis among the many

Singers Sam and Dave	Singer Jamo Thomas (left) Disc Jockey Allen Lee, Montgomery, Ala.

Singer James Brown
sits prayerfully during the funeral


The 3 ministers who officiated	B B Beaman Atlanta restaurateur and promoter

Funeral Director assisting Mrs. Otis Redding into the Macon Civic Auditorium before the services. Otis'younger brother (right)	Karla, Otis III and Dexter, the children of Otis Redding arriving for the funeral

Rev. and Mrs. Otis Redding, Sr, mother and father of Otis Redding	An interior view of the main floor of the Macon Civic Auditorium


Singer Joe Simon (middle) talks with other pall-bearers before the services	Singer Oscar Toney, Jr.

Singer Gene Chandler	After the last rites the wife of the singer being escorted to her car

AN EXPRESSION OF SADNESS (Left) Wilson Pickett (Right) Solomon Burke	Crowd wainting for limousines going to the "BigO" ranch for burial

le porteur de cercueil honoraire James Brown (flèche) regarde tristement
alors que les porteurs Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Sylvester Huckadee, Johnnie Taylor,
Arthur Conley, Solomon Burke, Eart Simms, Clark Waldon sortent le corps de l’auditorium.

voir également le reportage du magazine JET du 4 janvier 1968