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Houston plans shift: family chooses private funeral

Whitney monNew York, Feb. 14, 2012

Whitney Houston will be laid to rest after a private, invitation-only funeral at her childhood New Jersey church, instead of a public memorial at a Newark arena.

The 18,000-seat Prudential Center had been planned as a setting for a public memorial, but the family decided overnight to keep services private, a source confirmed to NBC New York.

The private funeral will be held Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston got her start singing in the choir, according to Carolyn Whigham, owner of the funeral home handling the arrangements.

The funeral is scheduled for noon and will not be open to the public or media, Whigham said.

Thousands had been expected to attend the Prudential memorial Friday, and it's likely crowds will end up in the area around the church on Saturday instead.

Source: nbcnewyork.com

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