Choir songs at whitney houston funeral

After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton , Dionne Warwick , Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin , Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. The asset was gradually depleted as they sold small portions of land over time, to resolve the continued legal troubles of a close relative. After Houston's three oldest siblings were born, the family relocated to New Jersey during the Second Great Migration. Houston is a Christian, and has said that she "found Christ" at age In the late s, Houston's daughter Whitney began to struggle with drug addiction. Houston staged several interventions to get her daughter into rehabilitation and recovery programs.

Al Sharpton, to Lemon: "Everyone spoke from a personal kind of testimony. Whitney was a beacon of light for this community. On Brown: "Bobby did nothing but show love and respect for Whitney and his daughter … I wish people would leave Bobby alone. While not a close personal friend of Whitney's, she says she knew Houston "from the time she was a little girl.

With the world watching, Whitney Houston's silver casket was carried out of the church where she first sang as a child and driven a mile to her final resting place yesterday - exactly a week after the singer's body was found dead in a bathtub in her Beverly Hills hotel room. Her casket will reportedly be watched by 10 security guards until her body is buried alongside her father John Houston on Sunday. Singer Ray J, who spent time with Houston during her last days, broke down crying before the funeral had even begun.

NEWARK - Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston's powerful voice once wowed her congregation, the biggest names in entertainment sang along with the choir to remember the pop superstar at her hometown funeral Saturday. Joe A. Mourners including singer Jennifer Hudson and Houston's mother, gospel singer Cissy Houston , stood, swayed and clapped along in the aisles.