STORY: Whitney Houston's family and friends, including her eighteen year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, arrived at Newark's Whigham Funeral Home on Friday (February 17) where the pop star's body rests ahead of her funeral on Saturday (February 18).
Her longtime mentor and friend, music producer Clive Davis also arrived at the engagement.
A star-studded lineup will sing and speak at her funeral, from Alicia Keys and Kevin Costner to the soul and gospel music royalty from which she hails, including her cousin Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha Franklin.
Houston will be laid to rest on Saturday after an invitation-only memorial service at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where Houston groomed her voice singing in the church choir with her mother Cissy Houston, a soul and gospel singer who once backed up Franklin.
