Bobbi Kristina Brown's family just can't put aside their differences – not even for her funeral.
The funeral for the only daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston was held at the Saint James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia, on Saturday.
But the somber occasion was disrupted by feuding betwen the Houston and Brown clans – resulting in Bobby Brown's sister Leolah getting kicked out of the church.
A day prior, Leolah had accused Pat of scheming to make money off the 22-year-old's death.
Leolah double-downed on her accusations in a statement to the media outside the church, after she was booted from the service for an outburst directed at Pat.
"It's not over," she said, wearing a white fedora, a white blazer over a black shirt and white sneakers. "It has just begun."
She also noted that the funeral was "wonderful" until "Pat started speaking and I didn’t like that. I walked out.”
She said she yelled to Pat while she was at the dais that “Whitney is going to haunt you from the grave.”
The tension between the two families had also led them to separately attend the Atlanta wake Friday evening.
Six hundred invitations were sent out for the funeral, according to a city official. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, singer Monica Brown and actor Michael Jai White were among those in attendance.
Despite his email begging to be allowed to come to the service, Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick Gordon did not attend, according to People.
The hearse arrived from Murray Brothers Funeral Home in Atlanta about an hour and a half before the service.
There was a heavy police presence at the church, with the main roads to the church blocked as cars were screened to ensure attendees were on the invitation list.
Two stretch limos and a longer procession of about 30 cars arrived about a half-hour before the service, led by nine police motorcyclists with flashing lights.
Many fans also gathered outside the church to pay their respects, with some even hoping to attend.
A pair of women who claimed to be friends of Bobbi Kristina said they were turned away by the police.
"I was one of her best friends. I met the uncle, family. Half the people there don't even know her. We hung out. We got our nails done. We did girly things," said the woman, who would only give her name as L.O.
St. James Church, located about an hour north of Atlanta, has close ties to the Houston family.
Whitney Houston was a regular at the church, and sister-in-law Pat is a member, according a family source. Bobbi Kristina also lived close by in the neighboring city of Roswell.
She is expected to be laid to rest beside her mother in New Jersey on Monday.
Bobbi Kristina passed away Sunday in hospice care after nearly six months in a coma. She was found unresponsive in her bathtub at her home on Jan. 31.
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