Anna Nicole Smith is to be buried in the Bahamas on Friday (03.02.07) after her mother Virgie Arthur dropped her appeal for custody of her body.

Virgie Arthur will not challenge the decision made by a Florida appeal court that custody of the model’s remains should go to Richard Milstein, the court-appointed guardian of her five-month-old daughter, Dannielynn.

Virgie’s attorney Tom Pirtle said: “It’s going to be difficult to appeal the ruling, so we’re not going to appeal.”

Milstein said Anna Nicole will be buried in the Bahamas next to her son Daniel, who died last September.