President Obama to deliver eulogy for SC minister-senator

President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy Friday for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston.

Pinckney, also a state senator from Jasper County, was one of nine members of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church killed Wednesday by a white supremacist gunman.

Obama will travel to Charleston with first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Pinckney’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at TD Arena on the College of Charleston campus. His body will lie in state from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the State House in Columbia.

Staff reports

This story was originally published June 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM with the headline "President Obama to deliver eulogy for SC minister-senator."