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| Bobbi Kristina Brown remembered at private funeral outside Atlanta | Bobbi Kristina Brown remembered at private funeral outside Atlanta |
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| Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and the R&B singer Bobby Brown, was remembered in a private funeral service on Saturday. Details were closely guarded by the Brown and Houston families, attorneys and friends. | Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and the R&B singer Bobby Brown, was remembered in a private funeral service on Saturday. Details were closely guarded by the Brown and Houston families, attorneys and friends. |
| Related: Bobbi Kristina Brown 1993-2015 - in pictures | Related: Bobbi Kristina Brown 1993-2015 - in pictures |
| The funeral was held at St James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, just north of Atlanta. After a hearse arrived, escorted by two policemen on motorcycles, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed was seen entering the church, as was a cousin, Jerod Brown. | |
| Eight police motorcycles escorted three stretch limousines carrying mourners. A procession of dozens of cars followed, and Bobby Brown and singer Cissy Houston, the grandmother of Bobbi Kristina, were also seen arriving. | |
| Four men dressed in black suits carried the coffin into the church. A police officer stopped vehicles arriving at the church before they were allowed into the parking lot. | Four men dressed in black suits carried the coffin into the church. A police officer stopped vehicles arriving at the church before they were allowed into the parking lot. |
| Bobbi Kristina died in hospice care on 26 July, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta home. | Bobbi Kristina died in hospice care on 26 July, about six months after she was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban Atlanta home. |
| She was found in the house she shared with Nick Gordon, an orphan three years older whom Houston had raised as her own. Bobbi Kristina referred to him as her husband. A police report earlier this year described the incident as a drowning, and authorities are investigating her death. | She was found in the house she shared with Nick Gordon, an orphan three years older whom Houston had raised as her own. Bobbi Kristina referred to him as her husband. A police report earlier this year described the incident as a drowning, and authorities are investigating her death. |
| In a statement after her death, Brown said the family must find a way to honour his daughter’s memory. | In a statement after her death, Brown said the family must find a way to honour his daughter’s memory. |
| “Krissy was and is an angel,” he said. | “Krissy was and is an angel,” he said. |
| Bobbi Kristina was the sole heir of her mother’s estate, and identified herself on Twitter as “Daughter of Queen WH”. She told Oprah Winfrey shortly after her mother’s death in 2012 that she wanted to carry on Houston’s legacy by singing, acting and dancing. But her career never took off. | Bobbi Kristina was the sole heir of her mother’s estate, and identified herself on Twitter as “Daughter of Queen WH”. She told Oprah Winfrey shortly after her mother’s death in 2012 that she wanted to carry on Houston’s legacy by singing, acting and dancing. But her career never took off. |
| Brown was born and raised in the shadow of her famous parents. She appeared alongside the couple in 2005 on the Bravo reality show Being Bobby Brown, which showed her parents fighting, swearing and making court appearances. | Brown was born and raised in the shadow of her famous parents. She appeared alongside the couple in 2005 on the Bravo reality show Being Bobby Brown, which showed her parents fighting, swearing and making court appearances. |
| She attended award shows with her mother and father, walked red carpets with them and sang in New York’s vast Central Park with Houston as adoring fans watched. | She attended award shows with her mother and father, walked red carpets with them and sang in New York’s vast Central Park with Houston as adoring fans watched. |
| On Saturday, fans gathered outside the church. | |
| “My heart goes out to the family and I want them to see when they drive by that people really do care,” said Maria Corkern, an Alpharetta resident among the crowd. | |
| Adriane Gregory traveled from Connecticut with her husband and children to be near the funeral. | |
| “We’re diehard fans of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, we just wanted to be near as we could be,” she said. |