Funeral News

Atlanta - The funeral of Kriss Kross rapper Chris Kelly took place in Atlanta Thursday afternoon at a Baptist church. The service was attended by his mentor Jermaine Dupri, longtime friend Da Brat, members of the group XScape, and Kriss Kross partner, Chris Smith.

Boston - The controversial Westboro Baptist Church has vowed to picket the funerals of those killed in the Boston Marathon blasts.

With Judy Garland's version of "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" reaching number 10 on the charts in reference to the death of Margaret Thatcher, the BBC is wondering whether to play it on Radio 1's top 40 countdown when places are finalized at the weekend.

Heaven forbid one seems unpopular in death. British company Rent a Mourner is offering to discreetly cry at your funeral should you be worried about your guest count.

Lianjiang - A 101-year-old Chinese woman, Peng Xiuhua from Shenshuidong village in Lianjiang City, south-eastern Guangdong Province "passed away" on January 19. But after having "died" for 16 hours, she came back to life at her funeral.

York - David Kime Jr., 88-year-old Pennsylvania man of West York, got a Burger King drive-thru funeral on Saturday. He bade goodbye with a pass through his favorite fast food stop and his favorite burger, lettuce on the WHOPPER JR., placed on his casket.

Newtown - Daniel Barden, a student at Sandy Hook Elementary School, idolized his father's cousins who are firefighters with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).

Los Angeles - Members of the Westboro Baptist Church are trying to rally members around a planned protest outside the funeral of Sage Stallone.

Thame - This video was posted on YouTube June 8, 2012 by JMEagle103. The tribute is a compilation of photos taken at Robin Gibb's funeral procession with the 1968 Bee Gees hit "I Started a Joke" as the video soundtrack.

Ann Arbor - Marine Pfc. John Albert Donovan was laid to rest in Michigan Friday nearly 70 years after he and six other Marines went missing in the South Pacific during WWII.