Notable Names Mourn Lay In Houston, Former President Bush Among The Guests At Enron Founder's Texas Funeral - CBS News

Well, I guess this speaks for itself.

Notable Names Mourn Lay In Houston, Former President Bush Among The Guests At Enron Founder's Texas Funeral - CBS News:

Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, were among the mourners Wednesday at the funeral of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay.

Lay's funeral drew some of the high-profile guests who were close to him before he was convicted in May of fraud and conspiracy for lying to investors and the public about the energy company's financial health before it collapsed in 2001.

Among the other mourners at the downtown Houston church Lay attended for 12 years were former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., heart surgeon Denton Cooley and Lay's criminal lawyer, Mike Ramsey.

Former Houston Mayor Bob Lanier, 80, collapsed at the funeral shortly after arriving and was taken away by ambulance.

'He was very, very ill,' said Pastor Steve Wende, officiating at Lay's funeral, held a few blocks from the glittering towers that once were the Enron buildings. "