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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Anna Nicole To Be Buried in Bahamas

Breaking News: A Florida Appeals Court has rejected Vergie Arthur's appeal of Judge Larry Seildlin's ruling, which gave custody of the body to Richard Milstein, Dannielynn's guardian.

Anna Nicole will now be buried in the Bahamas on Friday at 10:30am.

In other news, Vergie Arthur got to visit her granddaughter, Dannielynn for the first time last night. The visit lasted about 50 minutes and Vergie looked distraught as she left the house.(TMZ )

I am very pleased that the court ruled this way. I think it's only right that Anna Nicole is buried next to her son Daniel, who died three days after Dannielynn was born. All indications pointed to the fact that Anna Nicole wanted to be buried with him as he was the most important person in her life. Sometimes I love this legal system!

I'm assuming everyone is going to show up for the funeral, Howard K Stern, Larry Birkhead, Vergie Arthur, all the lawyers and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Judge Larry Seidlin there, he seemed so emotionally invested in the case!!

Judge Seidlin Makes A Decision

Judge Larry Seidlin just handed down his decision in the Anna Nicole Smith burial trial. After making a short speech where he teared up, and telling the room how much he cared about the case, the decision came down.

He gave the final decision to Richard Milstein, who is the court appointed guardian of Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern. Milstein is to confer with Howard K Stern, Larry Birkhead and Vergie Arthur on where Anna Nicole should be buried and to keep the best interest of Dannielynn in mind at all times.

Seidlin went on to say that he hopes they agree to bury Anna Nicole next to her son Daniel in the Bahamas, because that is what she would have wanted.

At the reading of this judgement, the courtroom broke into sobs, with Vergie Arthur, Howard K Stern, Krista Bath and Judge Seidlin all crying. Larry Birkhead seemed composed.

Wow - so the Judge gave the final decision to the court appointed guarding of Dannielynn. Mia and I both hope that Milstein goes with the Judges wishes and Anna Nicole will be buried soon next to her son.

The saga will continue with the Larry Birkhead's paternity case.

Anna Nicole's Mother Takes The Stand, Can't Seem to Answer the Question

Vergie Arthur was on the stand all morning in the Anna Nicole Smith burial trial.Vergie seemed to have A LOT of memory issues. Here are some highlights from this mornings proceedings:
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• Vergie couldn't remember when she first came into contact with Larry Birkhead, she finally said it was after Anna Nicole died.
• Vergie stated that she lost touch with Anna Nicole after Anna Nicole started to use drugs and stated that Howard K Stern drove them apart.
• Vergie said that she couldn't remember any conversations in the last 10 years with Anna Nicole about where Anna Nicole wanted to be buried. Richard Milstein (court appointed for Dannielynn), in cross examination finally got Vergie to admit that the last she knew, Anna Nicole wanted to be buried with the "Stars" in Hollywood. This is in direct contradiction to the reason Vergie is in court. She says that Anna Nicole wanted to be buried in Texas with her family.
• Vergie brought the courtroom to tears with her recounting of going to the Bahamas for Daniels birthday and being unable to find the grave and finally someone in the cemetery took pity on her and pointed to a grave with flowers on it. Vergie discovered that the flowers and the note were from Larry Birkhead!!
• Under cross examination from Krista Bath, Stern's Attorney, Vergie Arthur kept avoiding answering the question about wether she was paid $12,000 by Splash News for a video that Vergie made of a ceremony she held at the graveside of Daniel, Anna Nicole's son. Vergie kept deflecting the question by pointing at Stern and saying that Stern was the only one making any money from Anna Nicole's death. Judge Seidlin than asked that Bath produce some people from Splash News to testify as to wether Vergie Arthur was paid for the video.

Howard K. Stern takes the stand after the lunch break and then hopefully Larry Birkhead will have his chance to testify in this matter.

Mia and I have been sitting around with our mouths hanging open at Vergie Arthur's testimony. We think she is not telling the truth at all about not being paid for the video she took at Daniels graveside. This is just our opinion from what we have seen today. Time will tell, especially if the Splash News people can provide some evidence that contradicts Vergie.

UPDATE: Vergie Arthur admitted in court that her trip to the Bahamas was paid for by a third party. She went to the Bahamas with her sister in law and a friend of the family who works for Splash News. TMZ

Finally - EXHIBIT A!!!

The Circus continues today in Broward County, Florida, with Judge Larry Seidlin presiding over the hearing as to who gets custody of Anna Nicole Smith's body. Judge Seidlin must have read my comments yesterday about how he was handling things and has toned his act down considerably. Krista Bath, attorney for Howard K Stern is another matter entirely. Bath continues to wave her arms around wildly and talk in extremely long sentences.

So far this morning Judge Seidlin has ordered that Anna Nicole Smith's body can be embalmed, and the embalming is to being this morning. Richard Milstein has been court appointed as Dannielynn's impartial representative in this matter and presumably other matters of paternity.

Steve Tunstall, attorney for Vergie Arthur also demanded that Anna Nicole's will be produced - which is now Exhibit A.

The biggest order that came down today is that Judge Seidlin has ordered Howard K Stern to appear in front of the court on Tuesday morning at 9:30 am. The Judge wants to hear what he has to say for himself.