Cissy wants Whitney Houston funeral must be inside a church. Where the Whitney Houston funeral will be held finally announced, and New Hope Baptist Church is.

The singer will be laid to rest in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

Whitney Houston's funeral will be held at noon on Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, according to Carolyn Whigham, the owner of the Whigham Funeral Home.

Whitney Houston's funeral will be held at noon on Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, both Houston's rep and a Whigham Funeral Home staff member confirmed to Us Weekly Tuesday. The funeral is by "invitation only" and there will

The site is the Newark church where she sang as a child. Gospel singer Marvin Winans will give the eulogy. By David Porter and Beth DeFalco Associated Press JULIO CORTEZ / Associated Press A crowd gathers outside of New Hope Baptist Church in Newark,