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New Reports Indicate That Whitney Houston Will Be Buried in Westfield

The late pop singer will reportedly be buried next to her father in Fairview Cemetery.

 

New information indicates that late pop singer Whitney Houston will be buried alongside her father in Fairview Cemetery in Westfield.

Entertainment website TMZ is reporting that, acoording to Houston's death certificate, the Newark native will be buried in Union County.

Earlier this week, Kara Whigham of Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, which is handling the funeral arrangements for the family, said a location for Houston had not been chosen.

A receptionist at Fairview Cemetery also stated that no arrangements had been made for Houston to be buried in the plot with her father, the late John Russell Houston, who died in 2003. However, the receptionist also indicated that "at the request of the family" the exact location of John Houston's gravesite will not be given out.

As of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Westfield Police Department could not confirm whether or not they had been advised that the late pop diva would be entombed at Fairview, or if additional patrols will be dispatched to the area during the private funeral on Saturday.

Houston's body was discovered on the afternoon of Feb. 11 in a bathtub in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, just hours before she was scheduled to attend a pre-Grammy Awards function. The official cause of death has not yet been released.

The late singer's body was flown from Los Angeles to Newark on Monday night. A hearse then transported Houston to the funeral home, where services for her father were held in 2003. It was initially thought that a public memorial service would take place at the Prudential Center in Newark. The family, however, has decided to hold private, invitation-only services this weekend at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where Houston sang as a child.

Related Topics: Fairview Cemetery, Whitney Houston, and Whitney Houston Funeral

Rowzy jumwel

11:02 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Rest in peace dear its us who should think of where we would go coz for ur done n gone n left us with a nice memory of ur voice, God rest ur soul in enternal peace

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theo Robinson

7:45 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

She was a great artist/singer and we hope she is resting in peace. Put the state flag at half mast as she was not a soldier KIA or a state rep who passed while serving his/her state or country

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Michael

6:57 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012

Whitney will always be Beautiful.Everyone will miss her it is very sad she's gone so soon.Her music will forever give people chills throughout our bodies everytime we listen.

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Tim Jenkins

7:55 pm on Sunday, February 19, 2012

NOBODY HAS A VOICE LIKE HERS.PEOPLE SHOULD KICK BOBBY ASS FOR DOING HER WRONG HE'S THE REASON WHY IT ALL STARTED

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