Known for her flamboyant hats and dazzling jewelry, Bernice Woods relished being in the public eye.

So when the longtime community volunteer and former Compton city councilwoman died last month, her children opted to place her open casket in the drive-thru display window of Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton.

“My mother was a community person,” said Gregory W. Woods, 55, the youngest of the deceased woman’s 10 children. “She meant so much to so many people. It is only fitting and proper that she would be viewed this way.” Adams funeral parlor, a fixture in Compton since 1974, brings to the business of death a convenience of the living: drive-thru viewing of the dead. (SOURCE)

“You can come by after work, you don’t need to deal with parking, you can sign the book outside and the family knows that you paid your respects,” says one mourner. “It’s a convenience thing.”

WOULD YOU MAKE A DRIVE-THRU TRIP TO SEE A LOVED ONE?

If a life was genuinely rescued yesterday by T.I. the truth will come out in the wash and I will have no problem changing my tune. Until then I will continue to call all types of bullshit. What’s your verdict?

Doubt it.

We all know that Ty Ty Perry’s fairy godmother Oprah would never approve of letting an entire staff go over a joke or seven hundred made on a cartoon, but the following tidbit of gossip via Carlton Jordan is entertaining nonetheless.

According to a source, Tyler Perry is a drag queen scorned!!!

Word on the streets is the recent ’Boondocks’ episode, that mocked everything TP hit a deep nerve with the mogul. Our source claims he’s paranoid and believes it was an inside job – based on the show’s accuracy!!!

Our source also says that Madea is giving pink slips to his entire staff [not the shirtless boy wonders of course] starting Friday – – he wants to control any leaks of information about ”the compound!!”

DIVA! So apparently the information in the Boondock’s episode had some truth to it, and only could’ve been leaked by someone that works at the studio. So, um, which part of the episode below has some truth to it Mr. Perry!!!

The oily men? The casting couch? The Jesus epiphanies?

A Necole Bitchie male reader brings up a good point. While many ladies are giving Shaunie O’Neal a high five from behind their computer monitors for flaunting her new boy toy before her divorce from Shaquille O’Neal is final, the mere mention of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beat’s “situation” still evokes eye rolls. What’s the beef?

No more $40 blow jobs from transvestites for this guy! Eddie Gill was photographed getting close to Zane Sex Chronicles actress Maya Gilbert at last night’s Los Angeles Lakers game, sending his sideline ho Johnny Gill into a fit of rage no doubt. First comes love, then comes a hefty divorce settlement.

Wyclef Jean [who has been busy Yele Haiti Foundation] recently told Access Hollywood that a reunion between The Fugees could happen if each member came back feeling comfortable in their own skin and if the same purity Dave Chappelle offered each when he asked them to perform at his block party was there.

If only it were really that simple.

While other are celebrities booking secret appointments with Dr. 90210 [or making trips to foreign countries for dirt cheap plastic surgery routines - - you know who you are], Vanessa Williams relies on Botox injections to stay fresh faced and “in the game.”

Asked by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel why she’s so open about using Botox, the star said, “Why not? Look, I’m 46 years old, but I’m still in the game.

“I work hard at it. I need to look good. But I asked a lot of questions first about Botox.

“I told the dermatologist that I don’t want to be frozen. As an actress I need to have expression in my face. But it doesn’t hurt. It works. But I think you should ask a lot of questions. Make sure you talk to a licensed dermatologist or plastic surgeon.”

STOP TEEN VIOLENCE. [Repeat 3x in Barbadian patois]

Our favorite beaver from Tappahannock, VA revealed last evening on Twitter that he is promoting a line of t-shirts against teen violence. The t-shirts will apparently come in several colors, all with the logo “STOP TEEN VIOLENCE. Coming clean and admitting that you have issues and using a t-shirt line to prove it is a good thing, however, I don’t see Rihanna wearing the black t-shirt though. Its not sheer enough.

This reunion probably felt about as awkward as having someone “accidentally” stick their fingers up your ass during sex. No shots at anybody that likes to have the inside of their chocolate starfruit tickled but you know what I am trying to get at. Remember that little rumor about Free giving birth to Jay-Z’s son from a couple of years ago? Yeah, that would have made for a great interview icebreaker.