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| March 2, 2007 |
| Anna Nicole Smith Bahamian Funeral A Go |
Twenty-two days after her death, Anna Nicole Smith is finally set to be buried in the Bahamas tomorrow, March 2nd, after her mother dropped her appeal for custody of Anna Nicole’s body.
In the most recent event in the courtroom drama, Virgie Arthur has decided to abandon her efforts to challenge the decision made by a Florida appeal court that custody of the model’s remains should go to Richard Milstein, the court-appointed guardian of her five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.
In an earlier court filing, professional guardian Richard Milstein reminded everyone that “every witness including her mother, Virgie Arthur, testified that Anna Nicole Smith expressed an interest in being buried in either California or the Bahamas.”
The judges also noted Smith’s purchase of a four-person burial plot in the Bahamas, where she laid her son to rest. The court suggested her action could be considered written evidence as to where she wanted to be laid to rest.
“How do you explain the fact that this is where she buried her son with whom she had such a close relationship?” Judge Barry J. Stone asked Virgie Arthur’s attorney.
“Anna Nicole Smith’s last ascertainable wish with respect to the disposition of her remains was that she be buried in the Bahamas next to her son Daniel Wayne Smith. This finding is not essentially disputed,” the three judges of the appeals court wrote in their five-page opinion issued in West Palm Beach, according to the LA Times. As a result of these facts, Virgie’s attorney Tom Pirtle said: “It’s going to be difficult to appeal the ruling, so we’re not going to appeal.”
Virgie had wanted Anna Nicole to be buried near the family home in Texas, and for Daniel’s body to be exhumed and buried beside her. Milstein nixed that plan by deciding that Anna Nicole will be buried in the Bahamas next to her son Daniel, who died last September.
Milstein said: “The funeral is set for Friday. I wish to uphold the decorum and dignity that should be maintained throughout this process, for the sake of Dannielynn and the memories she will have of her mother’s funeral.” |
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