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- ↑ Women in History- Dr. Virginia Apgar, St. Tammany Parish Library, June 19, 2019. Accessed February 10, 2023. "She is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield."
- 1 2 Griffith, Janelle. "Bobbi Kristina Brown laid to rest at cemetery where Whitney Houston is buried", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 3, 2015. Accessed February 10, 2023. "About a dozen fans gathered at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield today to catch a glimpse of the casket of Bobbi Kristina Brown before she was laid to rest beside her mother, late pop icon Whitney Houston."
- ↑ Keman, Kevin. "Baseball’S Bury, Bury Good To Him", New York Post , April 23, 2006. Accessed February 10, 2023. "Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.: Joe Collins (Yankees first baseman):Lenape Section,Lot 238"
- ↑ Fowler, Charles Newell, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed February 10, 2023."interment in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J."
