Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), seen here at the National Press Club in D.C. on Aug 7, 2019 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), seen here at the National Press Club in D.C. on Aug 7, 2019 (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

A funeral service for Rep. Elijah Cummings will be held Friday at New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.

A wake with a public viewing will begin at 8 a.m. followed immediately by funeral services at 10 a.m.

There will be a public viewing from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Morgan State Universityโ€™s Murphy Fine Arts Center, immediately followed by a community-wide celebration of life from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Cummings will lie in state Thursday in the U.S. Capitolโ€™s National Statuary Hall.

In lieu of flowers, the Cummings family requests donations be made to the Elijah Cummings Youth Program, Morgan State University or Howard University.

This correspondent is a guest contributor to The Washington Informer.

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