Three days of services for Congressman Donald M. Payne will begin on Monday and conclude on Wednesday in a ceremony that is likely to draw thousands of mourners from around the world.
Congressman Payne will lie in state at the Historic Essex County Courthouse on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark from 1 p.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Congressman Payne’s body will be taken to the Metropolitan Baptist Church for another public viewing from 4 to 9 p.m. His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with Rev. David Jefferson officiating and the Payne family pastor, Rev. Tony Jackson, giving a eulogy.
He will be buried in the family plot at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield.
For more information:
Washington DC Office
2310 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, District of Columbia 20515
Phone: (202)-225-3436 Fax: (202)-225-4160
Newark Office
60 Nelson Place Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: (973)-645-3213 Fax: (973)-645-5902
Metropolitan Baptist Church
149 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973.642.2267 Fax 973.642.3201
Historic Essex County Courthouse
470 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
