The Latest: George W. Bush says mom was joking until the end
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on former first lady Barbara Bush, who has died at age 92 (all times local):
2:40 p.m.
Former President George W. Bush says his mother was joyful and still teasing him the day before she died.
Bush spoke warmly of his mother during a leadership forum Wednesday as his presidential library in Dallas. His mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, died a day earlier at her Houston home. She was 92.
The 43rd president told the audience that the day before his mother died, he told her during a phone conversation that she'd been a "fabulous mother" and that he loved her dearly. He says she responded by telling him: "'I want you to know that you're my favorite son — on the phone.