Inside the church family who knew Barbara Bush as one of their own

Ahead of hosting Barbara Bush's viewing, her family church St. Martin's Episcopal recall times in which the Bushes were a major part of the congregation.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The world knows Barbara Bush as the former First Lady, a mother, a huge Houston's sports fan and America's sweetheart. But at St. Martin's Church, where the Bushes have attended since the 1950s, Pam Bentley and Lee Hunnell knew her for a long time as just another "stitcher."

Inside look at Barbara Bush's long-time church

"Her life was global, her life was political. But when she walked in that room, she was a saintly stitcher. She wanted to be a saintly stitcher. She wanted to just sit down, she wanted to just chit-chat with us and laugh," Bentley said.
Bentley described Mrs. Bush as gracious and kind.

"She was a woman of the world, at home talking with other moms about kids and school and their lives, not hers," said Bentley.

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