Whitney Houston’s Mother, Cousin Dionne Warwick Leave NJ Funeral Home

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 @ 02:00AM

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Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy and cousin Dionne Warwick were seen leaving Newark, New Jersey’s Whigham Funeral Home Tuesday, where the singer will be laid to rest following her untimely death at 48 in Beverly Hills Saturday.

The singer will be remembered at an invitation-only service at Newark’s New Hope Baptist Church Saturday. Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Marvin Winans -- a family friend who officiated Houston’s 1992 wedding to Bobby Brown -- will deliver the eulogy, according to his office.

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Funeral home owner Carolyn Whigham confirmed Tuesday there would not be any event commemorating Houston at the 18,000-seat Prudential Center, as there was talk of a memorial service similar to the one held for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center following his 2009 death.

"This is their time now for their farewell," Whigham told the AP Tuesday. "The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this time is their private time.”

Cissy Houston "was at the funeral home until 2 a.m." Tuesday and "made it clear that a funeral must be inside a church, and the Prudential Center is not an appropriate venue," a source told US magazine.

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As RadarOnline.com has previously reported, officials have wrapped up The Greatest Love of All singer’s autopsy, but it might be several weeks before they can determine what killed the Grammy-winner. A source told us exclusively police found Lorazepam, Valium and a sleeping medication in the Beverly Hilton hotel room she was found in.

The I Wanna Dance With Somebody singer, who sought help for a crack addiction last year, was seen in public for the final time late Thursday in Hollywood, looking disheveled and sporting cuts as she left a club.

Houston was slated to attend at a pre-Grammy Awards bash held by producer Clive Davis the day she was found dead; her family is upset Davis continued with the bash following the singer’s death.

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"Even if Whitney had given her blessing for the party to continue, even that doesn't make it OK. Her body was lying in a room upstairs, dead, for heaven's sake. It was simply in bad taste, period,” a source told RadarOnline.com. “The family just feels like it was very insensitive for the party to continue.”

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for the ones that have something bad to say about Wnitney and her family, the next time something
tragic happen in your life, remember what you said, God never forgets, and he see and hear everything.
RIP Whitney

by havefaith1
Posted Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:07am

LETS PRAY FOR THIS MOTHER
THAT HAS LOST HER ONLY DAUGHTER PEOPLE WE ALL NEED TO START LOVING EACH OTHER NO
MATTER WHAT BECAUSE GOD LOVES US ALL BUT SHE IS OK NOW SHE IS WITH THE ONLY ONE
THAT LOVE HER NO MATTER WHAT- RIP WHITNEY WE LUV U

by havefaith1
Posted Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:03am

AND IT DONT MATTER HOW THE LORD CALLED HER HOME LETS STAY FOCUSED ON
A YOUNG ADULT THAT HAS LOST HER MOTHER AND BEST FRIEND

by havefaith1
Posted Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:03am

I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I KNOW JESUS- AND GOD IS NOT PLEASE WITH PEOPLE THAT IS TALKING ABOUT A CHRISTIAN SOUL THAT LOVED
GOD UNTIL HER DEATH NO MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES SHE MAY HAVE HAD WE ALL HAVE CHALLENGES

by havefaith1
Posted Thu, 02/16/2012 - 11:02am

I'm not addicted to anything but when I broke up with my bf, for 3 nights in a row I had about 3 or 4 stiff drinks to help deal with the pain. After that I quit. But I needed something to numb the pain.

by Ms. Mary
Posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 5:05pm

Got to say her Mom looks totally doped up on downers too. I realize she is grieving but those are the eyes of someone on medication such as tranquilizers etc. Maybe the apple did not fall far from the tree..sadly..

by LadyBlue
Posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 2:28pm

How about just TIRED and EXHAUSTED from NOT SLEEPING since the night her DAUGHTER passed away? What exactly does a person "doped up on downers" look like anyway? Are u speaking from experience?

by crisco
Posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 7:28pm

Those are the faces of people who truly loved Whitney. Not who we've seen all over the media - fake-o celebs telling us how much they adored her. Time to step back and let WH's FAMILY have their PRIVATE funeral. Move on, people.

by JC
Posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 12:54pm

Perhaps Bobbi Kristina might go stay with her grandmother and aunt and stay away from the members of Whitney's "entourage" that supplied her with the alcohol and sedatives that sent her, too, to the hospital -- twice!

by aemish
Posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 12:04pm