Town prepares to say goodbye to legend

a small new mexico town prepares for the funeral of a larger-than-life political legend - and a v...  More »

a small new mexico town prepares for the funeral of a larger-than-life political legend - and a visit from one of his best pals - a former president of the united states. stuart dyson reports from moriarty - where bruce king's funeral will take place tomorrow - with bill clinton there to say goodbye. " generations of kings have attended school in moriarty - many of them playing sports right here in the high school gym - this is where they had funeral services for bruce's wife alice last december - tomorrow president clinton is going to be sitting right there in that row." final preparations to convert the moriarty pintos' basketball court into an extra- large size funeral parlor -a labor of love dedicated to a man whose life was extra-large. bruce king never moved away from the nearby family ranch - except to serve in the army in world war two and serve three terms as governor in santa fe - now the local folks will give him a proper send-off. " this is an honor for us - we don't look at it as taxing - we'll bring out every available resource to make sure bruce king is rembered in the way he should be - as an icon in new mexico - and that the king family has their day." the high school gym has seating for 12 hundred on the floor - with hundreds more on the bench seats along the sides. " we were asked by the king family to host the funeral service and of course we were very happy to do that because the king family is near and dear to our hearts - they're very much a part of the community - and everybody loves the family." the cowboy governor attended many a pintos game in this gym - and on the football field next door - now he'll be back one last time - so the people who knew him best and loved him can say goodbye. " funeral services are scheduled to start at ten a.m. promptly - looks like the doors are going to open about eight - and once this gym reaches capacity - that's it - nobody else is going to get in - in moriarty stuart dyson eyewitness news four." bruce king will be buried next to his wife alice in the cemetery at stanley - the tiny crossroads settlement near the king brothers ranch a few miles from moriarty.  « Less