On Thursday, April 21, Meeka Late of Indianapolis, Indiana made a plea on GoFundMe for supporters to help her get to Prince’s funeral. At the time of this writing, she has raised $1,758 of her goal, $3,000 via 60 donors. She writes:
Y’all know I love me some Prince… I just need y’all to help get me to his funeral. Lord I broke down in Sam’s Club… y’all I was on the floor SangN “Purple Rain”… This man was supposed to sAng “Darling Nikki ” at my wedding….. Lord help me make it through this!
Any donation will help.
ThAnks,
Meeka Late
On Saturday evening, April 23, 2016, we learned Prince’s remains have been cremated, and a small group of family and friends held a private ceremony to honor the music legend.
His publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure writes in a statement. “A few hours ago, Prince was celebrated by a small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians, in a private, beautiful ceremony to say a loving goodbye.”
The “final storage” of Prince’s remains would remain private, but an announcement about a “musical celebration” is forthcoming, the statement said.
His body was released to his family Friday afternoon after a Minnesota medical examiner performed an autopsy.
Unless Meeka Late was one of the “small group of his most beloved: family, friends and his musicians” who was invited to attend the “private, beautiful ceremony,” should she reimburse financial supporters?
Below are some the compassionate remarked supporter shared on the Go Fund Me page.
$198 donor: “It’s been a sad, fun and hilarious run; but I have to move on to the next random campaign to match incoming donations. You all can stop donating now lol. IG: @maravilla | SC: eloscurosecreto | Twitter: @JohnathanNYC
$10 donor: Good luck, Meeka! I loved Prince. He will be missed. Even if you can’t attend the funeral, I think it would be nice to visit Paisley Park and pay your respects. (Tara Lang)
$5 donor: I never hate on anyone’s dreams but I really do need help on leave from work with out pay do to having seizures on top of that single mother and termites are eating my home and children..Almost everyone I have ask for help said they would but nothing so overwhelming please help. www.gofundme.com/crzu6238 good luck sweetheart not much but hope it help Johnathan I hope you see me homie. Your awesome giving to help someone else’s dream (Jiddea Caraway)
$5 donor: Girl, this is positively hilarious. Sorry you missed the service. I also have a #GoFundMe set up. I’m a single mom of 4, ex-convict… turned business woman. I recently graduated for Nails & Esthetics. I need some help getting my small Black business up and running. I’m not trying to scam anybody… I’m just asking you to help me, help myself. My campaign is www.GoFundMe/NailedByABoss. All funds are going toward supplies and additional training my new field. Add my FB business page Nailed By A Boss and when I reach my goal… I’ll show you how all funds are being spent. Best Wishes to you all! (Ericka Jackson)
