Family, friends, activists, and celebrities gathered Thursday to honor the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Friends, family and much of the community said goodbye to George Floyd at a memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday afternoon, the first of three memorial services for Floyd before his funeral in Houston next week.
The two-hour memorial service took place at North Central University's Trask Worship Center near downtown Minneapolis. The memorial service was private, but hundreds of people gathered in a nearby park to listen to the memorial service over the loudspeakers.
The private service was attended by celebrities, civil rights activists, politicians and family members to both celebrate Floyd's life and