Showing posts with label Anna Nicole Funeral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anna Nicole Funeral. Show all posts

02 March 2007

Anna Nicole: Funeral


As Anna Nicole's casket was brought into the Mt Horeb Baptist Church, it was a very powerful and solemn moment , reported MSNBC's Rita Cosby, soon after leaving the church.

Vergie Arthur gave a very personal speech about how much she loved Anna.

Larry Birkhead stood up and said "I know she was very special to everyone in this room" and then told some funny stories about Anna Nicole and ended by saying "Goodnight Sweet Anna baby", and then broke down and wept.

Howard K Stern, also spoke about Anna's rags to riches life and then turned on Vergie Arthur, by saying that testimony last week in the hearing was all lies, and that he knew the truth. After his speech, Howard K Stern's supporters got up and clapped.

We can't get over that. Clapped Howard K Stern at a funeral!! This could have been grandstanding for the television cameras that were present in the church. It has been rumored that Howard K Stern has made a deal with Entertainment Tonight for the exclusive rights to the funeral. Other speculation is that Richard Milstein was having it filmed for Dannielynn. We're going with the Stern rumor.

The funeral procession is now on the way to the graveside, where Anna Nicole will be buried with an urn containing half the ashes of her late husband, J Howard Marshall.

Ann Nicole's Red Carpet Arrival

Anna Nicole's Red Carpet Arrival


A short time ago, Anna Nicole's white hearse arrived at the Mt Horeb Baptist Church. The red carpet was rolled out and her casket, covered with a pink blanket, tulle and ribbons was carried into the church by pallbearers with pink ties and pink boutonnieres.

The motorcade carrying Anna Nicole waited for 25 minutes outside the church to find out if Vergie Arthur's last minute attempt to have the funeral stopped was successful. Her motion was denied!!.

MSNBC is reporting that there are over 300 people in the church, including Slash from Guns'NRoses and MSNBC's Rita Cosby.

Larry Birkhead arrived to cheers from the crowd, Howard K Stern arrived to jeers from the crowd. Vergie Arthur had a mixed welcome. Dannielynn was not present.

It is being reported that there are camera crews inside the church and Howard K Stern has a contractual agreement for a "substantial amount" with the camera crew. It is also being reported that Howard K Stern has arranged a "party" tonight at the prestigious Ocean Club in Nassau.

More later!!

01 March 2007

Anna Nicole: Funeral Arrangements

Now that all the legal wrangling has been put aside for a few days, arrangements for Anna Nicole's funeral tomorrow have been made public. Richard Milstein, working on behalf of Dannielynn, just issued a schedule of events for tomorrow.

Anna Nicole's body will be leaving the Broward County Medical Examiners office at 5:25am and will then be flown by private plane to Nassau, Bahamas. The private service will be held at the Mt. Horeb Baptist Church at 10:30am followed by a private graveside service and burial at the Lakeview Memorial Gardens. The events are closed, but will have staging areas for the media. The last paragraph of the schedule states:

Mr Milstein requests that members of the media uphold the decorum and dignity that should be maintained throughout the process, for the sake of Dannielynn and the memories she will have of her mother's funeral.


Apparently the funeral is going to be very elaborate full of pink flowers, a specially made burial gown, and a well known singer (who has not been disclosed at this stage).

Vergie Arthur, Larry Birkhead and Howard K Stern all put aside their differences and worked together to arrange the funeral for Anna Nicole.


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Larry Birkhead