(March 2, 2007)—One-time Mexia resident Anna Nicole Smith was laid to rest Friday next to the grave of her 20-year-old son Daniel in the Bahamas, but the battle over her remains may not be over yet.

A lawyer for her estranged mother says Virgie Arthur may continue her efforts to bury her daughter in Texas.

The former centerfold has been at the center of a series of legal battles since her death on Feb. 8 in a hotel room in Florida.

Friday a white hearse carried her body to a simple graveside service in the Bahamas, after a Baptist Church funeral that was a portrait in pink.

There were pink roses on the pews and a rhinestone-studded pink blanket on the casket of the reality TV star who loved the color.

Hundreds of fans cried out "Anna, Anna!" outside the church.

Some of them also cheered the arrival of Smith's ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, and booed her mother, Virgie Arthur.

There appeared to be fewer than 100 guests at the service, which was closed to all media but Entertainment Tonight.

An organizer said about 300 had been invited to the private ceremony.

A friend said Smith was to be buried in a tiara and custom-made, beaded gown.

Entertainment Tonight" also reported Smith was laid to rest with an urn containing some of the ashes of her late husband, Texas oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall.

A judge rejected a last-minute effort Friday by Smith's mother to stop the burial and let her take the body back to Texas.

The casket arrived in Nassau Friday morning on a private plane.

It had been carried in a hearse to Miami International Airport with a police escort, as news helicopters tracked the procession.

Cameras also followed the motorcade to a Bahamian church and focused from a distance on mourners as they came and left.

Only cameras from the syndicated newsmagazine "Entertainment Tonight" were allowed into the funeral.

The coverage was sporadic throughout the day, overshadowed by the aftermath of tornados in the Southeast and the bus accident involving college baseball players in Georgia.

Unlike the past few weeks, little old footage of Smith laughing and shaking for cameras was used.

Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children.

She married 16-year-old fry cook Bill Smith in 1985 in Mexia, and gave birth to her son before the couple divorced two years later.

Bill Smith still lives in Mexia.

After leaving Mexia, Smith danced at a strip club and entered her photos in a search contest that ultimately landed her on the cover of Playboy magazine.

In 1994, Smith married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, whose wealth was estimated in 1992 to be more than $500 million.

Marshall died in 1995 at age 90, setting off a family feud over whether Smith had a right to his estate.

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Anna Nicole Smith Timeline
(Source: Associated Press)
Nov. 28, 1967: Born Vickie Lynn Hogan in Houston.
1983: Quits high school, works as a waitress, cook.
April 1985: Marries 16-year-old Billy Wayne Smith, another fry cook at the restaurant where she worked; they have a son, Daniel Smith VIII.
-Mid-1986: Leaves her husband, taking her son and returning to Houston. For the next several years, she supports herself and Daniel by working at a Wal-Mart and a restaurant, and dancing topless at strip clubs.
October 1991: Meets Texas oil billionaire J. Howard Marshall II while dancing at a Houston club.
February 1992: Files for divorce from Billy Smith.
March 1992: Debuts on the cover of Playboy.
May 1992: Featured in Playboy as the centerfold.
November 1992: Signs a three-year contract to be the new model for Guess jeans, also coining her new name, "Anna Nicole."
May 1993: Appears again in Playboy and is later named Playmate of the Year.
Feb. 12, 1994: Is hospitalized for three days after mixing prescription drugs and alcohol, then collapsing at a Beverly Hills hotel.
June 27, 1994: Marries oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II. She is 26; he is 89.
January 1995: Marshall falls seriously ill, and his son E. Pierce Marshall moves to be appointed his father's legal guardian.
Legal fight between Smith and Pierce ensues when he cuts off her spousal support of $50,000 a month.
Aug. 4, 1995: J. Howard Marshall dies of pneumonia at age 90, leaving spousal support fight unresolved.
November 1995: Smith hospitalized for six days following what her spokesman calls an adverse reaction to prescription medication.
February 1996: Files for bankruptcy in California.
Sept. 27, 2000: A California judge issues a $450 million ruling for Smith against Pierce Marshall, later upped to $474 million.
March 7, 2001: A Houston jury rules that Smith is not entitled to half the estate of her late husband, and that his sole heir is his son.
May 24, 2001: A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles throws out the $474 million judgment previously awarded from the estate of her late husband.
March 2002: The U.S. District Court judge awards Smith $88 million of J. Howard Marshall's oil fortune, concluding that Smith deserves half the investment income Marshall earned during their marriage, plus $44 million in punitive damages resulting from the younger Marshall's attempts to cut her off.
Aug. 4, 2002: Premiere of "The Anna Nicole Show," the E! reality series in which a camera follows her through her everyday routine.
October 2003: Becomes spokeswoman for TrimSpa diet pills.
Dec. 30, 2004: A federal appeals court in San Francisco overturns Smith's $88.5 million inheritance award.
Feb. 28, 2006: Attends her hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court demurely dressed in black and avoiding making any statement.
May 1, 2006: The Supreme Court rules unanimously that Smith can pursue her late husband's fortune, overruling the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which had ruled that federal courts could not handle Smith's case.
Sept. 7, 2006: Gives birth to baby girl named Dannielynn in the Bahamas.
Sept. 10, 2006: Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel Smith, dies in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas.
Sept. 26, 2006: Lawyer Howard K. Stern claims he is the father of Dannielynn. The following day, an ex-boyfriend, photographer Larry Birkhead, says he is the real father. Subsequent lawsuits filed.
Nov. 7, 2006: Smith is discharged from a week-long stay in a Bahamas hospital where she received treatment for pneumonia and a collapsed lung.
Dec. 21, 2006: The Los Angeles Superior Court rules that Smith must bring Dannielynn to California for a paternity test. That ruling was temporarily blocked and the question was pending.
Feb. 8, 2007: Smith dies in Florida at age 39.

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