{"id":67058,"date":"2024-01-07T21:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T21:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/nick-carters-sister-bobbie-jean-laid-to-rest-in-private-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-01-07T21:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T21:01:32","slug":"nick-carters-sister-bobbie-jean-laid-to-rest-in-private-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/nick-carters-sister-bobbie-jean-laid-to-rest-in-private-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Carter&apos;s sister Bobbie Jean &apos;laid to rest in private ceremony&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-01-07\" datetime=\"1704661292\" pubdate=\"\">7 January 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/nick-carter\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,nick-carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Carter<\/a>\u2019s sister Bobbie Jean has reportedly been laid to rest.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Nick Carter\u2019s sister Bobbie Jean has reportedly been laid to rest<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old Backstreet Boys member\u2019s sibling, 41, was discovered in the toilet of her home in Tampa, Florida, on 23 December by emergency workers who rushed her to a nearby hospital before declaring her dead and it\u2019s now said her family held a \u201csmall\u201d and \u201cprivate\u201d funeral to say their farewells to the \u2018I Want Candy\u2019 singer.<\/p>\n<p>She was apparently laid to rest outside of Tampa, Florida, with only \u201cclose friends\u201d and relatives in attendance, according to TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet added it was not \u201cconfirmed whether Nick was in attendance\u201d, but it said Bobbie Jean\u2019s mum Jane gave the eulogy at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>A source told TMZ the Carter family chose to bury Bobbie Jean close to her later sister Leslie, who died in 2012 from a prescription drug overdose, so that Jane could visit her daughters regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe report of her funeral comes days after Nick said he fears it could take a \u201clifetime\u201d for him and his family to \u201cfully process\u201d the deaths of his sisters and brother Aaron, who drowned in his bathtub aged 34 on 5 November 2022 after taking an inhalant and anxiety medication.<\/p>\n<p>\nNick said in an Instagram message about the pain their deaths had caused in a tribute for Bobbie: \u201cIt may take a lifetime to fully process the loss my family has endured over the years \u2013 most recently, with the sudden passing of our sister Bobbie Jean.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI am completely heartbroken. Thank you for all your love and kind words. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe are reminded again that life is precious, fleeting and to cherish the time we have with the ones we love. I know she is finally at peace with God. I love you BJ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nNick added a throwback image of him and Bobbie playing outside as children alongside his Instagram message.<\/p>\n<p>\nNick and Aaron\u2019s twin, Angel, are the only remaining Carter siblings alive.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn June, Bobbie she was arrested for retail theft and drug possession after allegedly trying to steal $55 of crafts from a Brooksville, Florida, Hobby Lobby.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer roommates informed authorities Bobbie had stayed away from drugs since her release from prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/nick-carters-sister-bobbie-jean-laid-rest-private-ceremony-1392262.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 January 2024 Nick Carter\u2019s sister Bobbie Jean has reportedly been laid to rest. Nick Carter\u2019s sister Bobbie Jean has reportedly been laid to rest The 43-year-old Backstreet Boys member\u2019s sibling, 41, was discovered in the toilet of her home in Tampa, Florida, on 23 December by emergency workers who rushed her to a nearby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73,4475,5707,5709,5708,412],"class_list":{"0":"post-67058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-aaron-carter","9":"tag-angel-carter","10":"tag-bobbie-jean-carter","11":"tag-jane-carter","12":"tag-leslie-carter","13":"tag-nick-carter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}