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"Julia Roberts said goodbye to her half sister, Nancy Motes, on Saturday, May 3, in her hometown of Smyrna, Ga. A source confirms to Us Weekly that the Oscar winner helped her mother, Betty Lou, bury Motes&amp;apos; ashes at a memorial service held at the New Smyrna Cemetery.\r\nThe insider adds that Roberts, 46, was &amp;quot;very polite and kind&amp;quot; at the ceremony, which was attended by family and friends of her late sister. The same source describes the service as &amp;quot;intimate and moving.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nRoberts&amp;apos; half-sister Motes was found dead at age 37 on Feb. 9, of an apparent drug overdose. A suicide note was later discovered at the scene. In the days leading up to her death, Motes&amp;apos; relationship with Roberts appeared to be strained, but the beloved actress said she was still grappling with her sibling&amp;apos;s suicide in a recent interview.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s hour by hour some days, but you just keep looking ahead,&amp;quot; Roberts told WSJ. Magazine in March. &amp;quot;You don&amp;apos;t want anything bad to happen to anyone, but there are so many tragic, painful, inexplicable things in the world.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nRoberts&amp;#x2014;sister to actor Eric Roberts and aunt to Emma Roberts&amp;#x2014;added, &amp;quot;But [as with] any situation of challenge and despair, we must find a way, as a family. It&amp;apos;s so hard to formulate a sentence about it outside the weepy huddle of my family.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThough Motes was remembered by those who loved her most, her fiance John Dilbeck shared that he was not invited to the service. &amp;quot;To my disappointment, I was not invited to attend the memorial services in Georgia, for my fiance #NancyMotes, Saturday May 3rd 2014Travesty,&amp;quot; Dilbeck tweeted.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s devastating. I found out Sunday that they had the funeral service without me,&amp;quot; Dilbeck told the&amp;#xA0;New York Daily News on Monday, May 5. &amp;quot;They did it so there was no possible way I could attend. I believe that with all my heart. I should be allowed to pay my respects. She was the love of my life, and this would have been our wedding month. May 17 was our wedding date. I feel so empty, it&amp;#x2019;s like I have no more tears left to cry.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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