FAMILY AND TRUSTEES FEUD OVER BROWN FUNERAL BILL

Last updated: Thursday, April 19, 2007

FAMILY AND TRUSTEES FEUD OVER BROWN FUNERAL BILL

Late funk legend JAMES BROWN's estate owes $70,000 (GBP35,897) in funeral costs.

JAMES BROWN

The C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Georgia arranged the singer's funeral and cared for his body from his 25 December (06) death up until its March (07) burial at Brown's daughter Deanna Brown Thomas's home in Beech Island.

Charles Reid, manager of the funeral home, says, "I'm just waiting on them to get some of this mess straightened out. I really haven't pushed the issue, even though I'd like to have my money."

Buddy Dallas, Brown's adviser and trustee of his estate, responds, "It was the children that ran up a funeral bill of over $150,000, not the trustees. We've done our very best to do what we could to accommodate the creditors. There's no great big pile of money or surplus of money just lying around.

"The trustees and the personal representatives are certainly not going to do anything - as much scrutiny as this has been given - improper, inappropriate and certainly not illegal."

However, lawyers for Brown's six adult children, claim it's the trust's responsibility to pay for the funeral.

Dallas claims the trustees mailed a cheque earlier this week (ends20Apr07) to pay the funeral home bill.

Brown died on Christmas Day from congestive heart failure.

Source: WENN

| Thursday, April 19, 2007

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