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i will always love you the sound of houston s biggest hit i will always love you as pallbearers carried her casket out. the moment began with these remarks we re here today, hearts broken but yet with god s strength, we celebrate the life of whitney houston. [ applause ] opening the service, joe carter, pastor of the new hope baptist church, houston s famous friends one after another gave stunningly poignant tributes, like tyler perry. there was a grace that carried her. a grace that carried her from heaven down through cissy houston. a grace that brought her up through singing. from what i understand, she wasn t supposed to be able speak, let alone sing because of an incident that happened as a child. but there was a grace that kept on carrying her all the way through. this same grace led her all the way to the top of the charts. sold all of these albums and done some amazing things, won all these awards she s sang for presidents. there was a grace that k ....
no clue how i ll miss you i ll miss your voice when you would call i ll miss your smile most of all just us two with nowhere to go and nothing to do i m going to miss you i take simple precautions, i think of you often since you left here life a bit harder, our love a lot smarter since you left here the days that i can t take it i know i will make it with jesus and memories it will help us and keep me since you left here oh, but i ll miss your wit, i ll miss your charm just wanted to hold you in my arms my heart is blue because you have no clue how i ll miss you and i ll miss her voice when she would call i ll miss her smile most of all just us two with nowhere to go and nothing to do i m going to miss you oh, i ll miss you, so just hold her lord, just hold her in your arms in your arms, rock her in your arms oh, i ll miss her voice when she would call i ll miss her smile most of all ....
the lord and savior. this is not a sad time, but a glad time. i don t have to say much, because everyone that has spoken, they ve hit it, as we now say south on the head. but i would say that we had some good times. she accepted me as a brother, although i was her bodyguard for almost 11 years. i remember with sparkle everyone that left, and i wanted to go home bad. and she said, ray when she say ray, she called me uncle ray, that s her playful time but when she means business, she would say ray. i m tired. i ve done everything i m supposed to do. i just want to hang back a little bit and just rest. i said, okay. all right. but the thing about it is when we got ready to leave, she says, i don t believe i want to fly. i said, well, how are we going to get there? she says, we re going to drive. i said, well, we re going to drive? not we. i said, you don t drive. she said i m going to help you drive. i said, i m not going to trust you to drive me. so, she said, we ca ....
of whitney houston. today. [ applause ] . opening the service, joe carter pastor of the new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey, the church that houston grew up. the four horse that fold were mournful, reverent and ultimately joyous. there was a grace that carried. a grace that carried her from heaven down through mr. houston, a grace that brought her up from speaking. from what i understand she wasn t supposed to speak let alone sing. there was a grace that carried her through. the same grease led her all the way to the top of the charts. sold all of these albums and just done some amazing things, won all these awards. she sang for presidents and there was a grace that kept on carrying her. fans will get to see whitney houston performing new music in the film sparkle scheduled for release this summer. one of her last projects before her untimely death. bishop t.d. jakes produced the movie and was sure that houston was poised for a come back. don t you d ....
of today s services for whitney houston in about 60 seconds or so from now. first, a final good-bye to a music legend at the place where it all began for her. a spirited tribute that was all things at once, mournful, joyous, moving, a celebration of the life of whitney houston. what god gives is never a coincidence stevie wonder, one of her famous friends saluting her during the funeral service at houston s hometown church in newark, new jersey. alicia keys, r. kelly, c.c. wines. tyler perry and kevin costner told of personal stories in memory of the superstar. aretha franklin was scheduled to be there, but had to cancel because she wasn t feeling well. the service included a letter from houston s daughter bobbi kristina and her mother cissy houston. it read in part, god said it s time. your work is done. thanks for being such a wonderful daughter. as for houston s ex-husband bobby brown, he was there for a while. he says in a written statement, he wasn t happy ....