INDIA.ARIE ‘TWEETS’ TRIBUTES TO GREAT GRANDMOTHER
R&B star INDIA.ARIE is mourning the loss of her great grandmother, who di ed just months shy of turning 100.
The Video singer ‘tweeted’ her tributes to her late relative over the w eekend (28Mar10), telling followers she’d attended the funeral on Saturda y (27Mar10) and realised there her great grandmother was truly a great la dy.
In posts on Twitter.com, the singer/songwriter wrote, "Funerals always scare me but this one was just gorgeous. Hearing people talk about her sh owed me how much I am her child. She was a singer/ evangelist/ speaker/ m ade her own clothes… She was known for being well dressed and wearing t he highest heels you ever saw an old woman wear.
"My ggmah (sic) taught my MOTHER how to sew. And told her ‘it needs to be as pretty on the inside as it is on the out side’.
"(She) always did what she said, said what she thought, listened to peo ple with her whole heart, and dressed how she wanted… But my family isn ‘t sad. We’ve gained an angel… literally went when she was ready. She s aid ‘I’m tired’ and few days later went to ’sleep’ she was 99 yrs old (si c). (She) lived to see - 4 times great - grand children. That’s 5 generat ions! Was married 75 years… We’re not sad." And thanks to India.Arie, the star’s late great grandmother’s voice wil l live on on record.
The singer adds, "If you want to hear her speak and sing listen to GREA T GRANDMOTHER on testimony vol. 2 (her album) and she comes in on the end of better people (sic)."
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