He died on August 4, 1957 at the age of seventy-nine. Eisenhower ordered flags at all U.S. federal buildings lowered to half-mast in George's memory. Senate Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of Texas attended George's funeral in Vienna, Georgia. | He died on August 4, 1957 at the age of seventy-nine. Eisenhower ordered flags at all U.S. federal buildings lowered to half-mast in George's memory. Senate Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of Texas attended George's funeral in Vienna, Georgia. |