Former attorney general Griffin Bell laid to rest, as family and friends gather in south Ga. (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) AMERICUS, Ga. - Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell has been laid to rest in his hometown in south Georgia, with friends and family looking on. The crowd gathered Wednesday for a 45-minute graveside military funeral in Americus.

Mourners Gather to Say Farewell to Bell (13 WMAZ Macon) AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) -- Friends and family are gathered under sunny skies at the Oak Grove Cemetery for a graveside service for Griffin B. Bell, the former U.S. attorney general who died on Monday.