She is being buried in a 24-karat gold plated Promethean casket made of solid bronze, and the interior is finished with champagne velvet.
"Walk in the light", the choir members sang as the casket lid was lowered, "the lovely light".
The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has been honored at London's Buckingham Palace on the day of her funeral in Detroit. LaBelle performed her song "You Are My Friend", and eulogized her friend-in-feud: "Aretha Franklin, y'all", she said.
Ever the diva, Franklin's outfit was the third "costume change" over the course of her several viewings since her death on 16 August: this final time, a rose gold gown.
Mourners began filling the church early Friday, while Franklin's fans and dozens of pink Cadillac owners lined up outside, a tribute to the singer's 1985 hit "Freeway of Love" in which she sang, "We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac". "Even when we would fuss".
At her tour stop Tuesday night in Detroit, Taylor Swift brought a hush for a minute of silence remembering Franklin.
On Friday, a pink Cadillac ad also appeared in the New York Times in honor of the late singer.
Still, the get-down and uplift can certainly coexist. Among the gospel voices expected to fill Greater Grace include Marvin Sapp, the Clark Sisters and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. "We really celebrate because we really recognize that those we call the dearly departed, they wouldn't want for us to cry and be sad and sorrowful".