USHER DIAMOND SOON MOUNING

USHER RIP SOON 

Kile's white coffin was mounted with flowers as the pallbearer carried the casket out of the Wieuca Road Baptist Church. It is not clear whether Usher was in attendance.

Heartbroken: Tameka Raymond leaves the Atlanta church where the funeral was held for her 11-year-old son Kile Glover, the stepson of RnB star Usher, three weeks after he was critically injured in a jet ski accident

Procession: Kile's casket, flanked with flowers, is carried out of the church surrounded by family and friends

Grief-struck: Kile's father Ryan Glover looks devastated as he walks behind the 

A fitting send off: Kile's casket was carried in a horse-drawn carriage down the streets of Atlanta

'I appreciate the hundreds, perhaps thousands of prayers. I'm so grateful to you guys,' she wrote, adding: 'Kile was the most fun, creative, sweet, respectful boy.'

Tragic: Kile with mother Tameka Foster and stepdad Usher in 2008

Tameka also asked people to make donations to a fund she has set up in her Kile's memory - rather than send flowers.

She tweeted: 'Many have asked where to send flowers, but in Lieu of flowers. we ask that you make a contribution to the Kile Glover Fund @ Bank of America.

'Our goal to to increase water safety- thru implementing laws, policies & education. Kiles passing will not be in vain, we will see to this.'

Family friend Jeffrey Hubbard, 38, was driving the jet ski that struck Kile, who was with an unidentified 15-year-old girl at the time. Both children were airlifted to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.

According to authorities, Hubbard was riding a jet ski behind the pontoon and lost control, before colliding with Glover's tube. 

Fondly remembered: The cover of the tribute booklet, emblazoned with the words 'A beautiful mind'

Tributes: Inside the colourful picture booklet showing Kile in a series of family shots

A sombre day: Family members are escorted to the the funeral service at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia 

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Heaven has gained another angel: The ceremony is being held at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church

Sharing her thoughts: Tameka thanked people for their support in Twitter last night and asked people to make donations to the Kile Glover fund in lieu of flowers

Heartbroken: Tameka tweeted this picture of Kile with his younger brother last Friday