Attending the funeral in the town 80 km southeast of Belgrade were Milosevic's closest associates, representatives of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and the Serbian Radical Party, a delegation of the Russian Duma, and Russian General Leonid Ivashov.
Before the coffin was lowered in the grave, letters from Milosevic's son Marko and widow Mirjana Markovic were read out. She said in her letter that the "criminals who killed him in the Hague dungeon want her head, too, and maybe even the heads of their children," and that the "cowards and the scum" had united to "stop the heart of the greatest giant".
Milosevic's daughter Marija did not attend. She told a newspaper she would request that Milosevic be exhumed and buried in Montenegro.
Despite announcements that Serbian Orthodox Church bishop Filaret would speak at the funeral, Milosevic was buried without any religious rites.
Before the funeral about 20,000 people gathered in Pozarevac's main square, where Milosevic was bid goodbye by writer Peter Handke, Russian General Ivashov, and representatives of the SPS.
The marble plate on Milosevic's grave bears his name, the birth and death years, and the name of his widow.
Under a decision of the municipal authorities, today was declared mourning day in Pozarevac and all flags were lowered at half mast.
Foreign reporters covering the funeral told Belgrade's Radio B92 that nothing special was happening in the streets today and that the way the funeral was organised was a bit farcical.