NASSAU, Bahamas – Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her son today in a custom-made gown after an extravagant, private and “very pink” memorial service bringing together the three people battling for custody of her baby daughter.
The memorial service at Mount Horeb Baptist Church, next to a shopping mall west of downtown Nassau, will be “over the top,” with up to 300 guests, a singer and copious amounts of pink flowers, organizer Patrik Simpson said.
“It will be something very beautiful, very private, very over the top and very pink,” said Simpson, of Beverly Hills, Calif.
The burial will be much more intimate, with about 30 people, he said.
The casket will most likely be closed during the service, Simpson said. But he and other close friends of Smith’s will arrange to put their pictures inside her casket before the burial, he added.
Both the funeral and burial will be closed to the public. On Thursday, dozens of barricades were readied by Bahamian police.
“We have the services of the police officers in the Bahamas and they are very competent,” said Pedro Ferguson, director of the funeral home handling the arrangements.
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