Pop legend, Whitney Houston, was buried today at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ.
Houston was laid to rest next to her father, John Russell Houston, who died in 2003.
The burial was a small “family only” affair and not the star-studded event that yesterday’s moving funeral service was.
As TMZ first reported, Whitney’s casket was heavily protected since the funeral yesterday, with nearly 10 security guards working in shifts to keep it guarded.
Houston passed away back on February 11. A cause of death has yet to be determined.
But her former husband, Bobby Brown, who has been battling with Whitney Houston’s family over seeing his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, ever since Whitney passed away last week has said he won’t turn this into a legal battle, TMZ has learned.
Sources close to the New Edition singer tell TMZ Bobby really wants to be there for Bobbi Kristina, but does not want to make the situation more stressful for her than it already is.
We’re told Bobby was very upset with how he was treated at Whitney’s funeral yesterday and feels her family should be as considerate to him as his family was to Whitney when Bobby’s mother passed away last year.
According to our sources, Bobby won’t bring lawyers into the situation and, as on source said, he feels “this sort of thing you let the higher power handle.”
Just hours after Bobby Brown made a brief appearance and then bailed at Whitney Houston’s funeral, he showed up to perform with New Edition in Connecticut and stayed.
Bobby has performed numerous times since Whitney’s passing, the first time just hours after she died.
Bobby gave another shout to Whitney and again referred to himself as “bad ass Bobby Brown.”