Mourners arrive in OKC for funeral of Clara Luper

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - About 600 mourners have turned out in in downtown Oklahoma City for the funeral of civil rights activist Clara Luper. The services at the Cox Convention Center Friday will include remarks by Gov. Mary Fallin and NAACP board of directors chairman Roslyn Brock. A wooden casket containing Luper's body is surrounded by floral bouquets on the arena floor and images of her are being shown on large television screens throughout the arena.

Luper died June 8 at age 88 following a lengthy illness. She's best known for leading a group of three adults and 14 students during a sit-in at the Katz Drug Store lunch counter in Oklahoma City in August 1958. The store chain eventually integrated lunch counters at 38 stores in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.