--- title: George HW Bush To Be Buried In A Sock Tribute To Navy Past description: The former president will be buried in socks that pay homage to his past as a Navy pilot canonical: https://time.com/5469189/george-h-w-bush-socks/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-03T15:32:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:15.498Z og:title: George HW Bush Will Be Buried With Very Special Socks og:description: The former president’s sock game will continue at his funeral og:url: https://time.com/5469189/george-h-w-bush-socks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1aab2b2a65e4e4c3/69894067bc6cfc039a3e7960/georgehwbushsocks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obama Hosts George H.W. Bush And Family To Honor 5000th Points Of Light Winner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George HW Bush Will Be Buried With Very Special Socks twitter:description: The former president’s sock game will continue at his funeral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1aab2b2a65e4e4c3/69894067bc6cfc039a3e7960/georgehwbushsocks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George H.W. Bush Will Be Buried In Socks With a Lot of Flair and a Bit of History by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 3, 2018 3:32 PM UTC  Former President George H. W. Bush wears red stripped socks as he sits in a wheelchair during an event in the East Room at the White House, July 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Bush joined President Obama in hosting the event to honor the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award winner. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Former President George H. W. Bush wears red stripped socks as he sits in a wheelchair during an event in the East Room at the White House, July 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. Bush joined President Obama in hosting the event to honor the 5,000th Daily Point of Light Award winner. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 3, 2018 3:32 PM UTC President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30, 2018 at the age of 94, had a flamboyant sense of good-humored style, at least when it [came to his socks](http://time.com/5322042/george-hw-bush-bill-clinton-socks/). He [famously wore socks](http://time.com/2853589/george-h-w-bush-birthday-socks/) with his own face on them to a football face-off between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans on Dec. 1, 2013. When former President Bill Clinton visited Bush in early 2018, the former presidential race opponents got chuckles thanks to Bush’s selection of socks emblazoned [with Clinton’s face](http://time.com/5322042/george-hw-bush-bill-clinton-socks/). At the funeral for his wife, Barbara Bush, [who passed eight months ago](http://time.com/5244196/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-92/), Bush paid homage to his wife‘s favorite cause, literacy, by wearing socks decorated with [stacks of colorful books](http://time.com/5249370/george-hw-bush-book-socks/). It’s only fitting, then, that when the 41st President of the United States of America is buried, he will go to his final resting place wearing socks with a lot of flair and a bit of history, too. According to Jim McGrath, the Bush family spokesman, Bush will be buried in socks that pay tribute to the years he spent as a naval aviator in World War II. His socks have planes flying in formation, zooming up his ankle. > [](https://twitter.com/jgm41/status/1069589249966645248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5469189/george-h-w-bush-socks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5469189/george-h-w-bush-socks/"},"headline":"George H.W. Bush Will Be Buried In Socks With a Lot of Flair and a Bit of History","datePublished":"2018-12-03T15:32:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:15.498Z","description":"The former president’s strong sock game continues at his funeral","url":"https://time.com/5469189/george-h-w-bush-socks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","fashion","George H.W. 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