BRITNEY SPEARS - SPEARS' SAD FAREWELL TO DEAD AUNT

BRITNEY SPEARS went home to Kentwood, Louisiana this week (beg22JAN07) to attend her aunt's funeral. The pop star, accompanied by her two young sons, jetted home last Sunday (21JAN07) after hearing the sad news that SANDRA BRIDGES COVINGTON had lost her battle with breast cancer. The 59 year old passed away last weekend at her home in Greensburg, Louisiana. Spears joined her mother LYNNE - Covington's sister - and other relatives at the funeral service in Amite, Louisiana on Tuesday (23JAN07). American publication Us Weekly reports Spears was hoping to dance off her grief - she went straight to a dance rehearsal at Screenland Studios in Burbank, California after jetting back to Los Angeles on Thursday (25JAN07).