(17 Oct 2024)
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Newark, New Jersey – 17 October 2024
1. Tilt of Cissy Houston’s casket being walked out
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson:
“Cissy Houston, born in ’33 in the Great Depression. So there was plenty of misery. And yet her family believed deeply in God. And not too long after that, her ebullient and transcendent gift was made manifest. Can you imagine that family? The majestic and imperial soprano of Cissy Houston? The great and majestic contralto of Dionne Warwick, her niece. And the riveting mezzo-soprano of her daughter, Whitney. That is a transformative triumvirate that continues to speak to us in this day.”
3. Wide of Donnie McClurkin singing “Stand”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fatima Jones, Goddaughter of Cissy Houston:
“I was 15 and I was laying across the casket. My mom had passed and I was just crying, crying, crying. And from that moment, the day of my mom’s funeral, she grabbed me. And she never let me go. She never took her hands off me. So, Pat, Michael, Gary, family, Aunt Diane, Aunt Dionne, thank you so much for sharing her with her with us, because I actually had her longer than I had my mom.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bebe Winans, recording artist:
“I loved her. And one of the things that I never will forget because she was concerned about people. And one of the most moments that was the hardest– one of the hardest moments when Whitney passed, I was on my way home and the phone rang. And I answered. And it was Cissy. And she said, ‘I’m just calling to check on you.’ And in that moment, her strength became my strength. And it was just who she was. And I will honor her for the rest of my days.”
5. Bebe Winans singing a song
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Vy Higginsen, recording artist:
“My family and our young people will never forget her memory. And the song she sang on that CD. ‘If I could help somebody as I pass along the way. If I can cheer somebody with a song or a word. If I can show somebody. They are troubling and traveling wrong. Then my living shall not be in vain.’ Well done. A living shall not be in vain.”
7. Darlene Love singing “It Is Well with My Soul”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dionne Warwick, recording artist:
“The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. She would say to me at all times. Believe that dear. And I do. Cissy I’ll miss you. Yeah. I’m going to miss you. But while you’re up there, say hello to my mommy, my daddy, my sister, my brother and my aunts and uncles and all that went before you. They’re all waiting. May God bless your heart and soul. Amen."
9. Hezekiah Walker singing “Every Praise”
10. Gary Houston (son) singing “Freedom”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Houston (daughter-in-law):
“She would want me to say today. Especially to her sons… She may be gone, but her love will remain in your heart. Gary and Michael. Her work on Earth is done. And she wants you to honor her. And praise her.”
12. Wide of church choir singing
STORYLINE:
Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of Gospel’s hometown of Newark.
The ceremony at New Hope Baptist Church — where Houston was a congregant and choir leader for decades — was decorated with framed photos of Houston and her coffin was placed in front of the pulpit. The church also held her daughter Whitney Houston’s funeral more than a decade ago.
“She gave so much. She gave me the right to be me,” said Warwick, 83, the 91-year-old Houston’s niece. “Cissy, I’m going to miss you.”
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