Whitney Houston Wake: Bobbi Kristina Brown, Clive Davis, Dionne Warwick Start Saying Goodbye

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Knowing the process won't get any easier as the weekend progresses, friends and family started saying their goodbyes to Whitney Houston tonight.

Guests including Houston's mother Cissy, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and record mogul Clive Davis started arriving at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark for an intimate, private wake at around 5 p.m. ET.

The family arrived in a gold limousine and Cissy and Bobbi Kristina held hands as they walked in together.

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Hundreds of fans lined up on Martin Luther King Boulevard outside the funeral parlor to watch people arrive, many of them adding to the makeshift shrine of flowers, candles and mementos laid out in the late diva's honor or writing in a condolence book set up by Whigham staff.

In the lobby, someone set up a large photo of Houston, flanked by a black microphone stand and a chair with a fur throw and a Bible set on top it. Dozens wrote messages inside the book, which was left open to the 23rd Psalm, according to New Jersey's Star-Ledger.

Police escorted three gold limousines and two black SUVs to the funeral home. Metal fencing was set up across the street to keep members of the media from spilling onto the boulevard.

Davis stayed for about an hour, then his limo was spotted pulling away from the site just as a silver Town car ferrying  Dionne Warwick pulled up.

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Warwick is scheduled to speak at Houston's funeral, which begins tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET at Newark's New Hope Baptist Church.

Davis, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Kevin Costner, CeCe Winans, Rickey Minor, Tyler Perry, Stevie Wonder, and gospel singers Kim Burrell and Donnie McClurkin are all expected to speak or sing during the program.

E! Online will be carrying live coverage of the Whitney Houston funeral starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET and coverage on E! will begin at 8:30 a.m./11:30 a.m.

(Originally published Feb. 17, 2012, at 3:40 p.m. PT)

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Understandably, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina, is going through a tough time right now.

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"We continue to provide love and support to Bobbi Kristina," he said . "She is dealing with the tragedy of her mother's death and would prefer to do it outside of the private eye. I ask that our privacy be respected."

Although there has been speculation that Brown is persona non grata at Saturday's funeral for Whitney, reportedly due to lingering friction between him and members of the Houston family, a source close to the New Edition singer says that as of now he plans on being there to be with his daughter. 

"He was always invited. That has never been a question," a source tells E! News. "Yes, he will be there."

ABC News also ciites a Houston family insider saying that Brown will not be stopped from going to the invite-only event.

Meanwhile, Brown's camp is trying to clamp down on inaccurate stories, releasing the following statement: "Any report or statement that does not originate from my office about Bobby Brown or his representatives, is not authorized by Bobby Brown. We are not focused on reports, stories or false reports for that matter."

The family has tentatively agreed to allow a pool camera inside Newark's New Hope Baptist Church to beam footage of the event to Houston's fans in lieu of a massive memorial service as had originally been floated. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has announced that the state's flag will be flown at half-staff on that day.

There is still no word on the final resting place of the singer, with the family apparently torn between her native New Jersey or her adopted hometown of Atlanta.

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The celebrated gospel singer and longtime dear friend of Houston's has already promised to be "very involved" in 18-year-old Bobbi Kristina's life, a source says.

In fact, I'm told Winans, who lives in Nashville with her husband and their two children, has been praying regularly specifically for Bobbi Kristina.

Soon after learning of Houston's death, Winans issued a statement to E! News:

"I have no words to express how I feel. Whitney was not just a friend but a sister and I am going to miss her voice, her humor but mostly her friendship. She was undoubtedly one of the greatest singers of all time but she was also a great person. Please keep her family in prayer and the best way to honor her is to be reminded that tomorrow is not promised to any of us so love God and love each other."

She also tweeted, "I LOVED her SO much, but God loved her more. I pray she's resting in His arms!"

As I was the first to tell you, CeCe's brother, the Rev. Marvin Winans, will deliver Houston's eulogy at her funeral on Saturday in New Jersey.

The Winans are what real friends are all about.

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