WHITNEY HOUSTON FUNERAL HOME OWNER KNOWS WHO SOLD $500,000 PICTURE OF HER OPEN CASKET TO THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

I read a New Jersey paper where I hear that the Director of the funeral home that buried Whitney Houston says that she and her two Pastors knows exactly the person who released the photos of her open casket to the National Enquirer

"It's up to the Houston family to release the name," said the Rev. Jethro James, pastor of Paradise Baptist Church.

But Whigham, who has known the Houston family for decades, and, most prominently, the Rev. Ronald Slaughter of St. James AME Church nearby, demanded retractions and apologies from those who suggested either Whigham or one of the employees took the picture and then circulated it, likely with a hefty price tag attached.

"I want to clear my name and my funeral home," said Whigham, who said she had received dozens of vicious and threatening emails and was also spit on following what Slaughter called “false and unsubstantiated rumors.”

To keep you from wondering forever, I did mention that I suspect a member of her immediate family who wanted us to see her last moments. The money may also be helpful because Whitney died BROKE. She was literally living off advances from her record label and most of the royalties that come from her hits after death are going back to the label. I've never seen any big deal in an open casket photo being released.