BEYONCE & JAY-Z ATTENDS HER UNCLE'S FUNERAL AT HOUSTON

The power couple attended Beyoncé's favourite Uncle's funeral in Houston. Her Uncle Skip, (real name Lumis Beyonce) was said to have been very close to Beyoncé when he was alive. According to his obituary he is survived by his parents, Agnes Derouen and Lumis Beyonce Sr.; his wife Cynthia Beyonce; sons, Terrance Beyonce and Terrell Beyonce; daughters, Andrea (Stan) Beyonce, Lynn Beyonce, Michelle Beyonce, Dominique (Jimmie) Beyonce-Hilton; Siblings, Selena Rittenhouse, Roland (Jeanette) Beyonce, Florence (Jimmy) Hilliard, Larry Beyonce, & Tina (Knowles) Lawson; several grandchildren and a host of family members. Another photo after the cut...

Beyoncé's mum, Tina Knowles (now Tina Lawson) was born Tina Beyonce, but she named Beyoncé after her maiden name (and changed it to Beyoncé) because she didn't have a son and didn't want her family name to stop existing.