CHICAGO (WLS) -- The life of Rev. Jesse Jackson was celebrated.
Chicago and the nation said goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday and Saturday.
Services were held in Chicago and South Carolina.
Plans in Washington, D.C. were postponed.
The final service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of love, laughter, tears and inspiration.
Saturday's events were the culmination of days of homegoing services for the reverend who died Feb. 17.
A procession to the cemetery immediately followed Saturday's service, which people from all over came to.
Crowds lined up early Saturday morning to get into Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters.
According to a Facebook post from Jesse Jackson Jr., during the trip to South Carolina, the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's widow, Jacqueline, became ill, so she will be returning to Chicago.
The rest of the family will head back to Chicago after Monday's services for Rev. Jackson in Columbia.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson honored the late Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. Saturday night at the NAACP Image Awards.
The audience joined the actor in reciting some of Rev. Jackson's famous words from his "I Am Somebody" poem.
A memorial caravan carrying the body of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to his native state of South Carolina is now underway.
His widow, Jacqueline, is accompanying him on his final journey.
Video shows the procession leaving Leak and Sons Funeral Home at 78th and South Cottage Grove earlier Saturday morning.
His family says they want the journey to be an opportunity for friends, supporters and community members to pay their respects while honoring Jackson's life and legacy.
Spencer Leak will have the task of driving the late reverend to his birthplace. The Leak and Jackson families have been close family friends for years.
The second day of public visitation for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson wrapped up Friday night at Rainbow PUSH HQ in Chicago.
The family is expected leave Chicago on Saturday to take the civil rights icon to his home state of South Carolina, where memorial services will continue on the East Coast.
They will return to Chicago next week for the final homegoing services.
