CNN CNN Newsroom February 14, 2012
deb, let's start with you. what can you tell us about the arrangements? >> reporter: well, michael, whitney houston's mom, cissy houston, a gospel legend, is making all the funeral arrangements. and they decided to make it an intimate, invitation-only event, at the hope baptist church, the church where whitney houston grew up. another friend and church member said that at the church, whitney houston also felt safe and adored. her mother was the choir director there, the musical director. and whitney often would kick off her shoes and she would just be filled with the holy spirit. and...