Photos: Author Pat Conroy laid to rest

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Funeral of Pat Conroy, author "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini," on March 8, 2016.

Pat Conroy's widow Cassandra King, right, is escorted out of St. Peter's Catholic Parish after her husbands funeral Mass in Beaufort, S.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded by his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Family members of Pat Conroy stand in the doorway of St. Peter's Catholic Parish in Beaufort, S.C., during his funeral Mass, Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Pallbearers line up outside St. Peter's Catholic Parish after carrying the casket of Pat Conroy inside during his funeral Mass, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Beaufort, S.C. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Family members of Pat Conroy walk into St. Peter's Catholic Parish in Beaufort, S.C., during his funeral Mass, Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Pallbearers carry Pat Conroy's casket out of St. Peter's Catholic Parish after his funeral Mass in Beaufort, S.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Pat Conroy's widow Cassandra King, center, is escorted out of St. Peter's Catholic Parish after her husbands funeral Mass in Beaufort, S.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded by his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Pallbearers carry the casket of Pat Conroy into St. Peter's Catholic Parish in Beaufort, S.C., during his funeral Mass, Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort, surrounded by family and friends at the time, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

Pat Conroy's widow Cassandra King, right, reacts to her husband's casket being loaded into a waiting hearse outside St. Peter's Catholic Parish after his funeral Mass in Beaufort, S.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded by his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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Pat Conroy's widow Cassandra King, right, is escorted out of St. Peter's Catholic Parish after her husbands funeral Mass in Beaufort, S.C., Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Conroy died on Friday at age 70 at his home in Beaufort surrounded by his family, according to his publisher. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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