Service dog Sully H.W. Bush was among those mourning the loss of former President George H.W. Bush. In the photo, Sully is seen resting near the former President's grave.
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Sunday night, family spokesman Jim McGrath shared a photo of the yellow Labrador retriever sleeping beside of Bush's casket. He wrote: "Mission complete."
Sully was appointed to the 41st president in June. At the time, Bush welcomed Sully, from nonprofit America's VetDogs, as a "member of the family" who was "beautifully trained."
Since then, the dog accompanied Bush nearly everywhere, even the voting booth during the November midterm election.
Sully will go on to work alongside other service dogs helping wounded soldiers and active duty personnel at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Facility Dog Program, according to America's VetDogs.
Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, will lie in state beneath the soaring U.S. Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation from Monday through Wednesday. An invitation-only funeral service is set for Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are scheduled to attend. Bush's family has not said who will speak at the service.
Afterward, Bush will be returned to Houston to lie in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church before burial Thursday at his family plot on the grounds of the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station. His final resting place will be alongside Barbara Bush, his wife of 73 years who died in April, and Robin Bush, the daughter they lost to leukemia in 1953 at age 3.
Bush's casket is set to arrive in Washington on Monday afternoon aboard the U.S. military airplane that's more commonly recognized as Air Force One. The crew has been tasked by President Trump with carrying out "Special Air Mission 41." The number is a reference to Bush's place in the roster of America's presidents.
