Friends and fans of Angie Stone will gather on Friday for a public memorial service for the Grammy-nominated R&B singer. Stone died in a car crash in Alabama on March 1. Stone’s longtime manager said the cargo van she was riding in flipped over and was hit by a truck on Interstate 65. Everyone else in the van survived the crash.

Angie Stone's family is in the process of planning a large memorial and a more intimate funeral ... wanting to make sure all her fans and famous friends have a chance to grieve the shocking loss, TMZ has learned.

A memorial service is planned near Atlanta for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone. The 63-year-old artist was killed in a car crash south of Montgomery, Alabama, on March 1.

Angie Stone tragically and suddenly died in a car accident earlier this month, and the music community has been shaken up ever since. At her funeral, held this week, Tyler Perry made a powerfully emotional speech in her memory.

Film and television mogul Tyler Perry paid tribute to R&B singer Angie Stone at her funeral on Friday, telling the church congregation at Word of Faith Cathedral in Austell, Ga., that he is “angry” by how she was treated in the music industry.