In pictures: Lady Bird Johnson's funeral

Former US presidents and first ladies have attended the Texas funeral of Lady Bird Johnson - the wife of former President Lyndon B Johnson. She died on Wednesday, aged 94.

More than 11,500 people paid their respects since Lady Bird Johnson's coffin was placed at the LBJ Library and museum in Austin on Friday.

Family members and friends gathered together to say goodbye.

Daughter Luci Baines Johnson said her mother had lived her "94 delicious years" to the fullest.

Ceremonies began on Friday with a religious service at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlfower Center.

Lady Bird Johnson was best-known as a tireless environmental campaigner. Born Claudia Alta Taylor, she got her nickname in infancy from a nurse.

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