Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins and Lou Brock to speak at funeral for Ernie Banks
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The city of Chicago will remember Ernie Banks on Saturday, which would have been his 84th birthday.
Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins, Lou Brock and Billy Williams will be among the speakers at the funeral service for Banks.
The memorial service will take place at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. local time and will be followed by a procession which will pass by Banks' bronze statue in Daley Plaza.
Other confirmed attendees include Major League Baseball's chief baseball officer Joe Torre, Illinois governor Bruce Rauner, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cubs owner Tom Ricketts.
Banks died Jan. 23 of a heart attack.