Celebration of life for a queen in detroit right now, all to honor the legendary queen of soul Aretha Franklin. Well show you some live pictures from inside the Greater Grace Temple church, where family, friends, and some fortunate fans are paying their respects. Among the wellknown faces was one of Aretha Franklins childhood friends, smokey robinson. So now my longest friend has gone home, and you went to be with our father like we all have to do one of these days. And i know youre up there celebrating with your family and with all of our neighborhood friends who have gone, and youre going to be one of the featured voices in the choir of angels because, you know, youd have to be. Through prayers of comfort, songs of celebration, the life of the queen of soul is being remembered right now. Take a look at some of the moments from the service so far. Its a very tough day, even though you knew over the last couple months she was sick. You knew this day was coming. She had so many gifts. S
Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes says that citizen complaints and information were a major factor in Operation Freeze Warning, an investigation that ultimately netted 36 arrests on drug and firearms charges.
Over the past several months our deputies have continued to concentrate their efforts on citizen complaints, with an emphasis on those who sell and distribute drugs,” he said. He added that the department has focused its operations on “the most serious issues,” including heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
“We have also emphasized the dangers to our county of illegal firearms possession,” he said. “Several of those charged include charges for larceny of firearms, possession of stolen firearms, possession of firearms by convicted felons and carrying concealed weapons.”
come on. mr. eddie franklin, our friend, second son of miss aretha franklin. this time sabrina owens is coming with the obituary, followed by alice tillman. we ll make a deviation in the program and bring after alice, bishop marvin sapp. aretha louise franklin. aretha franklin is a giant of soul music and an american national treasure who continues to be revered around the globe. one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records
vaughn franklin, and her nephew thomas garrett jr. she leaves to cherish her precious memories her children, clarence and edward franklin, theodore r. white iii, grandchildren stephon fred, jordan franklin, victory franklin, grace franklin, great-grandchildren, one sister, two sisters-in-law, arlene franklin and cindy franklin. a first cousin reared as a sister, brenda corbett, james corbett. four nieces, sabrina owens, oliver owens, crystal franklin, bridget franklin, and marlene brown. five nephews, vaughn c. franklin jr., christine franklin, timothy franklin, carolyn franklin, anthony franklin, pamela franklin, terrell franklin, and
there was one time that we all remember. we were in the ham toms with her for one summer because she enjoyed keeping family around her. and it was right around the time that luther van dros had passed away. and we woke up in the morning and getting ready to start our day and heard something in the house hand thought the radio was on. so we stuck our heads out of the rooms to see what was going on. and we went downstairs and she was downstairs singing and just hearing they are voice in the residence. and then when you walk down and you saw her, just even now it makes the hair on my arms stand up and just the powerful voice that she had and how much she enjoyed, you know, the singing. it was just amazing just to experience that. the entire world is thinking about your family, vaughn franklin. thank you. and we appreciate you joining us here on cnn. you take care. thank you very much. i appreciate it. absolutely. when we come back, mow town