Ryan O'Neal, Kate Jackson, Alana Stewart Gather for Farrah Fawcett Funeral

Tue., Jun. 30, 2009 4:35 PM PDT by Natalie Finn

Farrah Fawcett was due for a heavenly sendoff at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

Friends, colleagues and family members gathered Tuesday afternoon for a private funeral honoring the late actress. The cathedral has the capacity to seat 3,000, but the invite-only service was far more intimate.

First among the mourners to arrive were Ryan O'Neal and Alana Stewart, who were both with Fawcett at the hospital when she died. Farrah's ex-husband, Lee Majors; her Charlie's Angels costar, Kate Jackson; Ernie Hudson; romance novelist Jackie Collins and Dynasty villain Joan Collins also slipped past list-wielding security guards about an hour before the service was set to begin.

O'Neal was one of the pallbearers who escorted Fawcett's flower-draped casket into the church shortly before the funeral's 4 p.m. start time.

Redmond, her son with O'Neal, was not seen arriving but, having been allowed three hours to attend his mom's funeral, was believed to be already inside the building.

The 24-year-old is serving an 18-month sentence at a L.A. jail specializing in intensive drug treatment. He was briefly allowed to leave a county lockup to visit Fawcett in April and he is said to have spoken with her on the phone just minutes before she died last Thursday.