GODFATHER OF SOUL JAMES BROWN LAID TO REST FINALLY TILL THEY MOVE HIM AGAIN !

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"The Godfather of soul," James Brown, was finally laid to rest in a crypt at the Beech Island, SC, home of one his daughters, Deanna Brown Thomas, pending the completion of a public mausoleum in an as-yet undisclosed location. He was buried at a private ceremony presided over by Rev. Al Sharpton. His last partner Tomi Rae Hynie wants to build a mausoleum and transform their marital home in a museum, copying the Graceland enterprise."This is what James wanted, for the family to come together. Everyone really felt like James was there with us," Brown's partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, told AP. "He was very private," said Sharpton, a longtime Brown confidant, according to AP. "Where he is now has nothing to do with court proceedings," Sharpton said."The children used their own funds to pay for their father's entombment so that their father could be put to rest without further delay," Sharpton, said a statement. Brown left "a substantial estate and substantial holdings ... which are currently being disputed in court," and Brown's children "wanted to see their father entombed in a resting place without delay, rather than await court decisions," he added.There was also criticism of the Saturday service. Buddy Dallas told the AP the trustees had made arrangements for Brown to be laid to rest at no cost at a "very prominent memorial garden in Augusta." "Mr. Brown's not deserving of anyone's backyard," said Dallas, who, in disapproval, was not at Saturday's service.About two weeks ago, attorneys in South Carolina agreed to take a DNA sample from the late singer James Brown to preserve for a possible paternity challenge. "This is just to preserve the sample," Tomi Rae Hynie's attorney Robert Rosen told the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier. "The court hasn't ruled as to whether anybody is entitled to do a DNA test."Brown died Christmas Day last year at age 73. His will does not mention Hynie or her son. James Brown's body has moved around at least as much as when he was alive. First it was his triple funeral when his body was carried around for everyone to pay their goodbyes, from New York at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, to his hometown at Augusta’s James Brown Arena. His body was then put to rest in his Long Beech Island home where it was locked in a temperature-controlled room and was kept under surveillance, Charles Reid, manger of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled the services, said at that time. A movie about the life of singer James Brown is reportedly in the works with Spike Lee signed on to direct. Daily Variety reported last December that the picture, which was already in development when Brown Died, was on a track to begin production in 2008, or possibly late 2007.

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JAMES BROWN'S WIDOW SUES ESTATE

James Brown's widow Tomi Rae Hynie is suing her late husband's kids, demanding half of his estate and the return of her son's toys. The singer, who was left out of Brown's will, insists furniture at the South Carolina home she shared with the soul star rightfully belongs to her, and she has been unable to gain entry to the estate to claim it. Last week, Brown's heirs filed an emergency petition asking a judge to remove the trustees handling his estate. They claim the trustees "unlawfully entered the real property of the deceased without authority," and have "taken from the premises papers and/or documents of the deceased." Brown died on Christmas Day.

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JAMES BROWN'S WILL DISCLOSED

James Brown's five-year-old child and partner were not included in his will. The late singer has provided for six of his children, but son James Jr and partner Tomi Rae Hynie have been overlooked, said Brown's lawyer StromThurmond. Hynie's lawyer, Thornton Morris, admitted his client had no idea she wouldn't be listed in the will. He said: "She was locked out of the house so she doesn't know where the will that's being probated was found."She has no knowledge to when this particular will was executed."Brown died on Christmas Day from congestive heart failure as a result of pneumonia. He was 73. Soon after his death, the gates to Brown's home were locked until the singer's estate was settled. Another of Brown's lawyers Buddy Dallas explained: "The house is owned by the trust and has been that way since August of 2000."Technically, the trustees own it for the benefit of the trust. It was not in the name of James Brown and hasn't been that way for years."The will - which was read in Aiken, South Carolina, on Thursday, has not yet been filed in probate court.

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