Little Richard Laid to Rest in Private Funeral Attended by Family, Close Friends and Former Band Mates News footage shows friends and family singing hymns at the rock star's gravesite at the ...

Little Richard's place of burial is significant as Oakwood University was where the artist attended school to study theology in the late 1950s, said his close friend Pastor Bill Minson.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The love for Little Richard didn’t stop with his bandmates. Close family friends said he laid plans for this day well in advance. Little Richard knew long before leav… ...

Rock music legend Little Richard was laid to rest Wednesday at Oakwood University, a historically black university in Huntsville, Alabama, which he attended after he died at age 87 of bone cancer.