Carolyn Whigham knows what it's like to bury a mother and then her child. She's done it at least 10 times, maybe more, as chief executive officer and owner of Whigham Funeral Home in Newark.

Pop star Whitney Houston's funeral service will be held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark where she first showcased her singing talents as a child. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home in ...

Pop star Whitney Houston's funeral service will be held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark where she first showcased her singing talents as a child. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home in ...

Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large ...

The hearse traveled from Teterboro Airport, where officials had told The Associated Press Houston's body would arrive Monday night on a flight from the Los Angeles area. Several officials familiar ...

A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston. The hearse traveled from Teterboro Airport, ...

NEWARK — Outside the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark's Central Ward, a simple condolence book sits atop a Plexiglas stand. And, through the funeral parlor’s glass doors facing Martin Luther King Jr.