Bobbi Kristina Brown Funeral Set For Saturday

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An Alpharetta church will host a private memorial service on Saturday for Bobbi Kristina Brown.

Saint James United Methodist Church will host the service at 11 a.m. Aug. 1. The church is located at 3000 Webb Bridge Road.

The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety said the private, invitation-only service will attract many guests.

So, to lessen the impact of anticipated heavy traffic flow, the city will partner team up with the Georgia State Patrol solely “to monitor and provide assistance for traffic control operations in an effort to lessen the impact upon the motoring public,” the agency said.

“This initiative will require some roadways to be momentarily closed while other proximity streets may have restricted lanes,” the city said. “Otherwise this service is a private event involving the church and a private security company.”

The roadway area in front of the church comprising Webb Bridge Road will be shut down with no access to anyone, and this will “be strictly enforced” during the service, the agency said.

Brown, the only child of R&B singers Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, died on Sunday at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Ga., several months after she was found unresponsive in her Roswell, Ga., home.

An initial autopsy conducted on Monday by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office noted the report ”does not show an obvious underlying cause of death and no significant injuries were noted,” according to its press release.

Additional laboratory testing will be conducted by the Medical Examiner’s office. To accomplish that task, the office stated subpoenas have been issued to gather needed information.

The office does not plan to complete Brown’s death certificate or determine a cause of death until those tests results are completed and all “documentary records are received and thoroughly reviewed.”

That, the office noted, could take several weeks.

Both the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office and Roswell police investigators continue to review the case. Lisa Holland, spokesperson with the Roswell Police Department, stated the case is being handled as a “death investigation.”

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Photo credit: Prayer CHAIN for Bobbi Kristina’s Facebook page