Nation ‘Greatest of the greatest generation’: President George H. W. Bush to be laid to rest in Texas December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Monica Rhor and Rick Jervis and John Bacon, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Greatest of the greatest generation’: President George H. W. Bush to be laid to rest in Texas A week of national mourning for George H.W. Bush - "41" - concludes Thursday with a private funeral in Houston and burial service in College Station.