Aretha Franklin will be buried at Detroit’s Woodlawn Cemetery following an August 31 funeral at Greater Grace Temple on the city’s west side, her family told the Detroit Free Press today via a spokesperson.
The funeral will follow a public viewing Aug. 28-29 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Midtown, where Franklin will lie in state. The viewing will run 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
Greater Grace, which seats about 4,000, has been the site of funerals for many notable Detroit figures, including Rosa Parks, Marcus Belgrave and the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs.
The funeral, at 10 a.m. Aug. 31, will be limited to family members, friends and selected guests and is expected to draw dignitaries, musicians and other high-profile figures from around the world. – USA Today.
