James Brown entombed in family crypt

James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul” who died on Christmas Day, was entombed during a private family ceremony presided over by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the minister’s office said.

Brown, who died in Atlanta at 73, was laid to rest in a crypt in Beech Island, S.C., pending the completion of a public mausoleum in an as-yet undisclosed location.

Brown’s children, close friends and other family members were with Sharpton and other clergy for the noon interment. Previously, the body had been kept in a temperature-controlled room at Brown’s home in South Carolina in the bronze- and gold-plated coffin used for his funeral in Augusta.