Whitney Houston's voice still soars
NEKESA MUMBI MOODYNEKESA MUMBI MOODY, Associated Press?
?The coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried to a hearse after funeral services at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried to a hearse after funeral services at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The coffin holding the remains of singer Whitney Houston is carried to a hearse after funeral services at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Singer Stevie Wonder, center, leaves the funeral service for Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Singer Alicia Keys, center, leaves after a funeral service for Whitney Houston at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Friends, family, pop stars and music legends celebrated the life and mourned the loss of Whitney Houston at a private funeral at the New Jersey church where she sang as a child.
The nearly four-hour-long service Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark brought testimonials, song, preaching, laughter and raw emotion.
Houston's mother became overcome with grief as the strains of Houston's biggest record, "I Will Always Love You," filled the church as the service ended. The 300 or so mourners included Stevie Wonder, Kevin Costner, Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, and Mary J. Blige.
One of pop music's most successful artists, Houston died last week at age 48. She is to be buried Sunday next to her father, John Houston, in nearby Westfield, N.J.
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