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Anna Nicole to Be Buried Friday, Followed by Flashy Memorial
Thursday March 1, 2007

Anna poses backstage at the 32nd annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Nov. 14, 2004.
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Over three weeks after she passed away on February 8, Anna Nicole Smith is finally going in the ground.

Florida's 4th District Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, to take custody of her estranged daughter's remains.

According to E!, the decision clears the way for a Bahamian burial for Smith, scheduled to take place Friday at 10:30 a.m.

In its written opinion, the panel declared that being buried next to her son Daniel in a Nassau cemetery was Smith's "last ascertainable wish."

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that Smith will be buried in a custom-made gown alongside her 20-year-old son, following an "over the top" memorial service with a tightly controlled guest list.

Roughly 300 guests will gather at an undisclosed church, filled with an assortment of pink flowers (Anna's favorite color). A well-known performer is also set to perform, said Patrik Simpson, a friend helping to organize the service.

"It will be a very beautiful Anna Nicole send-off," Simpson told the AP. "Of course it will be over the top because it's Anna Nicole."

Since Smith's death at the age of 39 last month, a battle over her burial and custody of her daughter, Dannielynn, has been waged among her partner, Howard K. Stern, her mother, Virgie Arthur, and ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead.

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