KIRO 7 Eyewitness News will provide live coverage of the funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell on Saturday.

The funeral begins at 11 a.m. at Life Center Church, 1717 S. Union Ave. Tacoma.

Watch coverage beginning at 10:30 a.m. on KIRO 7's digital channel, 7.2 -- on Comcast channel 117 -- or here on kirotv.com.

The funeral had previously been scheduled at a Puyallup church, but the Curnow Funeral Home in Sumner said it was moved "due to overwhelming response from the community."

Meanwhile, hundreds of people are banding together on Facebook and other social media sites with a plan to shield mourners at the funeral from protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church.

The Kansas-based church, known for picketing funerals for U.S. soldiers as a form of anti-gay protest, said Wednesday it planned to picket the memorial in protest of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s support of gay marriage. Occupy Seattle later said it would counter-protest.  [Full story]