Whitney Houston's hometown remembers her fondly

[MyWorld]

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Hope Baptist Church, where pop star Whitney Houston first sang and family and friends will gather on Saturday to pay her a final tribute, sits in a hardscrabble corner of Newark, New Jersey. Its well-maintained red-brick facade seems at odds with the dusty parking lot and derelict housing projects around it. But to hear the gospel choir sing on Sundays, which once featured teenager Houston and her mom Cissy, was to be briefly transported to a faraway, trouble-free world, its patrons say. ...

[emezico]

Goodbye Whitney Houston!

[Davzy folamz]

She did her best on earth.

[Mercy esther]

whitney i miss u.