<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4TNJuZ_0wBTpo6m00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4TNJuZ_0wBTpo6m00" width="550" height="319" ><figcaption>Cissy Houston</figcaption></figure><p><b>Whitney Houston’s Mom, Cissy Houston, Laid To Rest [VIDEO]</b></p><p>Cissy Houston has been laid to rest.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ko-zQCWCZ3Q?si=vR2V4dTl6OK8U-JB" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love, and a large choir celebrated gospel icon Cissy during a memorial in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1zid6P_0wBTpo6m00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1zid6P_0wBTpo6m00" width="400" height="600" ><figcaption>Cissy Houston (circa 2017)</figcaption></figure><p>The service, held at New Hope Baptist Church where Houston was a longtime member, featured framed photos of her and her coffin placed before the pulpit.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gvfvddfwExc?feature=oembed" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Warwick, Houston’s niece, expressed her love, saying, “Cissy, I’m going to miss you… You gave us your heart and soul.” Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning artist, passed away on October 7 at age 91.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oag2dBh0jTo?si=d7PV2Ro1qYQvQA1d" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>During the ceremony, her son Gary sang “Freedom,” and Love performed “It Is Well with My Soul.”</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2bRcfk_0wBTpo6m00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2bRcfk_0wBTpo6m00" width="600" height="400" ><figcaption>Cissy Houston, Bobbi Kristina (circa 2012)</figcaption></figure><p>Her goddaughters vowed to continue wearing purple eyeshadow in her memory.</p><p>Prayers to her fans and loved ones.</p></div></body>

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Whitney Houston’s Mom, Cissy Houston, Laid To Rest [VIDEO]

Whitney Houston’s Mom, Cissy Houston, Laid To Rest [VIDEO]. Cissy Houston has been laid to rest. Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love, and a large choir celebrated gospel icon Cissy during a memorial in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday. The service, held at New Hope Baptist Church where Houston...