"The saddest moment was when they were laying her down into the hole because it was like goodbye," said Diane Dean, who works for East Sunrise Mortuary and sat among the mourners under a tent used to shield the burial from uninvited eyes.
Twenty-four doves were released over the grave of the tabloid star, whose sudden death in Florida on Feb. 8 at age 39 touched off a media maelstrom.
One dove refused to leave the coffin, and walked up and down on it, Ms Dean said.
Howard K. Stern, Smith's longtime companion and who is listed as Dannielynn's father on her birth certificate, remained standing at the burial site after the others had gone, as if "in disbelief," said Dean. Stern had insisted on burying her next to Daniel, who died last September in the Bahamas just days after Dannielynn was born.
Popular Bahamian talk show host Darold Miller broadcast live from outside the church.
"This is a chapter we want closed so that we can move on and deal with the real issues in this country," Mr Miller said, referring to a general election that is expected to be held in the Atlantic island chain in May.
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