After a recent death in our family, one member had a "reception" after the funeral. Some of us went, and some didn't. I brought food to the home, as is the custom.

GENTLE READER: Miss Manners would support your both attending the funeral, with appropriate apologies to the bride, the bridegroom and the bridegroom’s mother.

If the funeral of Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee marked the end of an era in Washington journalism, the invitation-only funeral reception marked the end of another kind: A last hurrah for the A ...

BACK HOME: Whitney Houston’s mom, Cissy (right with her daughter), said the pop queen’s funeral will be held Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she worshipped growing up.