Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards will be laid to rest Sunday. Edwards lied in state for a public viewing Saturday at the state Capitol building. A processional to the old state Capitol will ...

FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards addresses the crowd during an election watch party in Baton Rouge, La. Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Mourners steadily filed by the flag-draped open casket of former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards on Saturday, saying their farewells at a public viewing in the marble ...

FILE – In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards addresses the crowd during an election watch party in Baton Rouge, La. Edwards, the high-living four-term governor ...

A charismatic leader, a wonderful dad, and a relentless visionary. These are just some of the ways people described former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards as hundreds met at the Capitol to say ...