Saturday, February 18, 2012
Crowd gathers at Whigham Funeral Home to pay respects to Whitney Houston
As a gold hearse with a casket containing Whitney Houston's body pulled away from a Newark funeral home and headed towards New Hope Baptist Church, where the service was held Satuday, a woman behind the wheel wiped her wet eyes as fans gathered outside to pay tribute to the pop songstress. Police vehicles and motorcycles led the way from Whigham Funeral Home with a line of gold limousines and the hearse, which had a picture of Houston taped to one of its windows. Fans took pictures of the procession and left offerings of flowers, teddy bears, balloons, and handwritten notes around the entrance of the funeral home. In a glass foyer of the building was a large poster displaying pictures of Houston from various periods in her career. An …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Mourners hold candlelight vigil, sing along to Houston's hit songs outside funeral home
Whitney Houston is finally home. The singer's body was returned to her native Newark shortly before midnight Monday amid a throng of screaming fans who waited hours for the hearse to arrive at Whigham Funeral Home. Surrounded by heavy police presence, a gold-colored car with blacked out windows dropped off Houston's casket, concealed by a white tent, at a back entrance off Shipman Street. Houston's mother, Cissy, and other family members were seen filing into the funeral home about 15 minutes before the hearse arrived. Houston, who was found dead at age 48 inside a Beverly Hills hotel room Saturday, was flown from California to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey for the wake and public memorial that may be held in Newark later this week. "She…
Monday, February 13, 2012
Funeral at New Hope Baptist Church is invitation only
[Editor's note: This story originally published Feb. 13, 2012. It has since been updated.] The funeral for Whitney Houston, who was found dead Saturday inside a Beverly Hills, Calif. hotel room, will be held Saturday at her childhood church in Newark. The funeral, which will begin at noon at New Hope Baptist Church on Sussex Avenue, is invitation only and will not be open to media, according to Carolyn Whigham, owner of the Whigham Funeral Home, where Houston's body was brought late Monday. Houston's body was flown from California to Teterboro Airport shortly before midnight Monday and brought to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. funeral home, which also handled Houston's father's funeral in 2003. NJ.com previously reported Houston's funeral …
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B. J. Daley-Ernest
8:31 pm on Friday, February 17, 2012
I am so sorry....sorry that this could happen 2 such a beautiful talented woman. I will pray 4 ur little girl and hope she lives a clean life. I know u will be watching and guiding her in heaven. Whitney u will lead the choir with ur beautiful voice and beauty...God Bless u....and may God Bless and help ur MOM thru these trying times. U will be missed darling!... B J Ernest more ›