Anna Nicole Smith Buries Her Son  10/20/06

Anna Nicole Smith paid her last respects to her son Daniel in the Bahamas today (19OCT06), a month after the 20-year-old died in his mother's hospital room.

A private memorial service was held at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums cemetery on Nassau with 25 mourners in attendance.

Insiders claim Daniel, who died of a lethal combination of drugs on 10 September (06), was buried in an open casket, wearing his favorite clothing - jeans, a T-shirt and a trucker cap.

According to sources, Smith was escorted from her home in the Bahamas to Butler's Funeral Home, where her son's body has been lying since his autopsy.

Island police were assigned to escort the grieving mother, partner Howard K Stern and local dignitaries to the gravesite nearby. Daniel's body was transported to his final resting place in a gold hearse. Island Baptist Bishop Neil Ellis conducted the service.

In a eulogy delivered by Stern, the attorney who was set to become the dead boy's stepfather, said, "Anna Nicole Smith laid her son to rest today. It was the most difficult day of her entire life."